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The Yellow Crayon

CHAPTER XIII
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So I will admit that with me--it has been different.

Come! What then ?" He groaned.
"I wonder," he said, "what miserable fate, what cursed stroke of fortune brought you once more into my life ?" She threw her head back and laughed at him, this time heartily, unaffectedly.
"What adorable candour!" she exclaimed.

"My dear friend, how amiable you are." He looked at her steadfastly, and somehow the laugh died away from her lips.
"Lucille, will you marry me ?" "Marry you?
I?
Certainly not." "And why not ?" "For a score of reasons, if you want them," she answered.

"First, because I think it is delightful to have you for a friend.

I can never quite tell what you are going to do or say.


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