[The Knave of Diamonds by Ethel May Dell]@TWC D-Link bookThe Knave of Diamonds CHAPTER IV 6/19
I can make fudge too, real American fudge, the most aristocratic thing on the market.
It's a secret, of course, but I'll let you into it, if you'll promise not to tell." "How do you know I can keep a secret ?" laughed Dot, leading the way to the kitchen. "You would keep a promise," he said with conviction. "If I made one," she threw back. "I would trust you without," he declared. "Very rash of you! I wonder if you are as trustworthy as that." "My word is my bond--always," said Bertie. She turned and looked at him critically.
"Yes, I think it is," she admitted.
"You are quite the honestest boy I ever met.
They ought to have called you George Washington." "You may if you like," said Bertie. She laughed--her own inexpressibly gay laugh.
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