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THE BABY AT RUDDER GRANGE.
For some reason, not altogether understood by me, there seemed to be a continued series of new developments at our home.

I had supposed, when the events spoken of in the last chapter had settled down to their proper places in our little history, that our life would flow on in an even, commonplace way, with few or no incidents worthy of being recorded.

But this did not prove to be the case.

After a time, the uniformity and quiet of our existence was considerably disturbed.
This disturbance was caused by a baby, not a rude, imperious baby, but a child who was generally of a quiet and orderly turn of mind.