18/26 "As though I ever could, dear. I am sorry she was told--but--but I know you couldn't help it, Bet. I couldn't have myself if it had been you, and she had said unkind things about you." Then Betty flung her arms about Kitty's neck and began to sob heavily. I think you are the splendidest girl in all the world, and--and I'll never do anything to make you sorry any more, if I can help it." Kitty held her little sister very tightly to her, and with Betty's head resting on her breast, and her cheek laid on Betty's curly head, they talked, but talk too intimate to be repeated. |