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The Palace Beautiful

CHAPTER XXXIX
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A conductor, seeing her wistful little face, jumped down from his stand, and asked her if she wanted to go anywhere.
"To Rosebury, in Devonshire," said poor little Daisy.

"It's fifteen shillings a single third." The man smiled at the anxious little face.
"You want to get to Devonshire, missy," he said.

"Then I expect Waterloo's your line, and this here 'bus of mine goes there.

Jump in, missy, and I'll put you down at the right place." "I've only got two pennies," said Daisy, "Will two pennies pay for a drive to Waterloo for me and kitty ?" The man smiled, and said he thought he might manage to take her to Waterloo for that sum..


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