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So for sixteen years, save for a brief respite when the family was in the Philippines, their existence was blighted by these hated objects. SO FOR SIXTEEN YEARS SAVE FOR A BRIEF RESPITE WHEN THE FAMILY WAS IN THE PHILIPPINES THEIR EXISTENCE WAS BLIGHTED BY THESE HATED OBJECTS
a good lovely woman like mother in such an affair!" This was said so mysteriously that Kathleen almost suspected that bloodshed was included in Nancy's plan. It must be explained that when young Ensign Carey and Margaret Gilbert had been married, Cousin Ann Chadwick had presented them with four tall black and white marble mantel ornaments shaped like funeral urns; and then, feeling that she had not yet shown her approval of the match sufficiently, she purchased a large group of clay statuary entitled You Dirty Boy. The Careys had moved often, like all naval families, but even when their other goods and chattels were stored, Cousin Ann generously managed to defray the expense of sending on to them the mantel ornaments and the Dirty Boy. "I know what your home is to you," she used to say to them, "and how you must miss your ornaments. If I have chanced to give you things as unwieldy as they are handsome, I ought to see that you have them around you without trouble or expense, and I will! OULD NOT THINK OF MIXING UP A LOVELY WOMAN LIKE MOTHER IN SUCH AN AFFAIR THIS WAS SAID SO MYSTERIOUSLY THAT KATHLEEN ALMOST SUSPECTED THAT BLOODSHED WAS INCLUDED IN NANCY'S PLAN IT MUST BE EXPLAINED THAT WHEN YOUNG ENSIGN CARY AND MARGARET GILBERT HAD BEEN MARRIED COUSIN ANN CHADWICK HAD PRESENTED THEM WITH FOUR TALL BLACK AND WHITE MARBLE MANTLE ORNAMENTS SHAPED LIKE FUNERAL URNS AND THEN FEELING SHE HAD NOT YET SHOWED HER APPROVAL OF THE MAP SUFFICIENTLY SHE PURCHASED A LARGE GROUP OF CLAY STATUARY ENTITLED YOU DIRTY BOY THE CAREYS HAD MOVED OFTEN LIKE ALL NAVAL FAMILIES BUT EVEN WHEN THEIR OTHER GOODS AND CHATTELS WERE STORED COUSIN ANN GENEROUSLY MANAGED TO DEFRAY THE EXPENSE OF SENDING ON TO THEM THE MANTEL ORNAMENTS AND THE DIRTY BOY I KNOW WHAT YOUR HOME IS TO YOU SHE USED TO SAY TO THEM AND HOW YOU MUST MISS YOUR ORNAMENTS IF I HAD CHANCED TO GIVE YOU THINGS AS UNWILLEDLY AS THEY ARE HANDSOME I OUGHT TO SEE THAT YOU HAVE THEM AROUND YOU WITHOUT ANY TROUBLE OR EXPENSE AND I WILL
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