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"Isn't she the limit?" said Patricia in disdain. "She oughtn't to eat frivolous things like éclairs. I wonder at her lack of judgment.",This was too much for Bob. He flared up. “I don’t see that you’re taking me. If I want to go, I can go. You said you wanted to try it. Now you’re the one who’s backing out when the chance to try it comes along. I think it’s you who has the tender and cold feet.”,Like a flash Billy was on his feet. "Stop!" he cried, his voice ringing out like a challenge. "You don't whip her if I know it.","And do you see this here object that I'm holdin' up afore your dotin' father's eyes?","Undoubtedly," asserted Jen, readily. "But he must also have been asleep, else he would have called out as the men burst through the window.","Well, I'd rather take a chance with a bear than a ghost, wouldn't you Bill?","Dr. Etwald," said the major, with great calmness and deliberation, "you are a clever and ambitious man, who wishes to make his way in the world, but has hitherto failed to do so for lack of money. To procure money for your experiments in chemistry, you would do anything--even marry a rich woman!","It's all ship-shape now," whispered Patricia as they scrambled down from the stools whereon they had perched to accomplish their purpose. "Aren't we in luck? Not a soul even saw us come in.","But I'm not hungry, Mr. Spencer," said Billy quickly.,“Mr. Moseley says I am ready for my college exams, Dad. Tells me that he can’t take me along any further.”,“I don’t know. I’ve got to think about it some more. P’r’aps I can get him to explain. I’ll try to.”,"What has he done?" asks Geoffrey, somewhat bewildered and greatly distressed at her apparent grief..