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“But there aren’t any deer,” the little girl objected. “What will you do for,"All things are calm, and fair, and passive; earth,"Has she ripped up the mattress?","The Devil," said the Admiral, "is very bountiful to his servants in his gifts of opportunity.",Then follows a long-winded speech on the part of Mickey about birds in general and grouse in particular, finishing up with the announcement that he can tell where the finest covey seen this season lies hidden.,“Did you forget their breakfast, Billy?” the child questioned earnestly.,The doctor at this instant returns to the room, and, going on tiptoe (as though fearful of disturbing the sleeper) to where Mona is kneeling, looks anxiously at Rodney. But, alas! no sound of earth will evermore disturb the slumber of the quiet figure upon which he gazes.,"That's Elgin Scraff and Tom Holt comin' to look fer us," cried Maurice.,Come, it's me ears a glad ditty would hear—,CHAPTER XXIII MR. HINTER PROVES A PUZZLE,Bess, though not quite twelve, was a striking girl, larger than most women; with a mind as unusual as her body. Poetry, music, mythology, she fed upon these as a plant upon the sunshine. She was not satisfied with ordinary speech, but continually wove into the most commonplace events the glamour of romance and poetic words. A wise mother had stood between her and the jeers of the thoughtless, that she might have a normal girlhood; and Billy’s mother and sister helped to make it possible for her to play comfortably with those of her own age. Yet it was a surprise to the stranger to see this dark-eyed, magnificent woman-creature in short skirts romping with children.,He bade her good-morning with profound respect. Her dog barked in his face, and she silenced it by lifting it under her arm..