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    H put her fingers between the slats in the seat ipped te wood. Life wasn't nice; but it had bar antil recently. Although she knew er father bar Robbie, and Beatrice, too, disliked him almost Bch, that had been something else, and she had bar with it.
    But this other ting was something new
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    turned her head quickly now as te sound of 2-his footsteps came to her from behind the be,, with Helen's voice saying, "Let's stand be"'*jletter' Marion, because you know Beatrice: she's
    4 in the back of her head at least when she's
    . end of the balcony. And if she sees us and talking she will want to know what it Ar about... You say you would like us to have disa wedding, Marion?
    fes wou' Helen. Anything to get away. I JS3UI from Harry yesterday. He said there's 2' of his being sent to India early next IP he wants to come down and see ather. And y up till recently I didn't really know how I I him; but after his letter I... well I know now him.
    And he thought of going away to
    sJi him, or to follow him out or just to be married to him. has become exciting. I could g new life opening out for me." There was a pause.
    " you love Leonard?"'
    There was another pause before Helen's ig came,
    'Who could help loving Leonard? He's so right-brace A so good, so caring."
    "Yes. But do you love him, Helen?"'
    "Oh. Oh, yes, I love him... Yes!"
    comthe voice louder now- "I love him. I'm going to marry aren't I? I love him."
    There was another silence before Marion asked Would you put it to Father about us having a double wedding? I'll be nineteen next month, so it isn't as if I'm a ehild. And I know something and I thin you know the same thing, that Beatrice will be glad to see the back of both of us."
    Rosie now turned and stared at te wooden partion that separated her from the others as she heard Helen say, 'But what about Rosie? She'll be le."
    "Oh. Well, it mightn't suit Rosie, Helen, but it'll suit Beatrice, 'cos if Beatrice likes any one of us s Rosie.
    Odd, but I always thought she's treated tQuite as the child she'll never have. She'll not let Rosi go easily. And Rosie, somehow, is still so young for her age."
    "Oh, I don't know so much about that; shes on eighteen. And remember the garden party and Teddy Golding? He's very smitten with her, and she ms him, too. And don't forget he's been down four times since. Of course, me last time he didn't see her vheo she supposedly had measles mat tued out not to b measles after all. And he would get Father's permission all right because me Goldings are very wel off S bar so connected. What's more, he's in the to greater-than Service. That sounds good at the tea table Gentlemen's Club. Anyway, what do you stbar bar * do Leonard did suggest we be married il. ut I pushed it on to Easter. He thinks
    1 sent abfoad and y he wanted to I would be with him... Oh, I think it will
    forof us. But wouldn't it be better Ipii- of us were to go up the aisle on the same T! that would be possible I'm sure if it wasn't dear older sister."
    J- Yes, it could be." This was Marion's voice she added, 'Oh, how she gets on my nerves house. The house. Father's got a mania for she's got a mania for the house. She's like disfliPW, I wouldn't be surprised to see her going jCW a feather duster one of these days. How iit was when Mama was alive, and different niMi Grandpapa and Grandmama were still were- was good then, wasn't it, Helen?"'
    1 Yes, Marion; looking back life was good T"...T! we all seemed so young and untroubled. after Grandpapa went we could still laugh uim and Robbie next door. But it didn't seem lo long."
    beciJl a rustle n the grass, Rosie almost sprang
    P" e gazebo, landed on her toes for a moment to - a grating noise with her feet as if she were down the gravel path. But when she rounded bar be the sisters were no longer there. Helen was towards the house and Marion was making ?"' rose garden.
    i she had first sat in the gazebo she had felt sad and worried, but now a sense of desolation wa added to