large/13003/adopting_of_rosa_marie_1901_librivox_64kb_mp3/rosamarie_19_rankin_64kb_2
large/13003/adopting_of_rosa_marie_1901_librivox_64kb_mp3/rosamarie_19_rankin_64kb
English
13003
"And you never know," supplemented Marjory, "which way it's going to be." "I like folks that are downright bad or good," said Mabel, crossly. "Burglars ought to be burglars and ministers ought to be ministers and they all ought to be marked so you can tell 'em apart; else, how are you going to?" AND YOU NEVER KNOW SUPPLEMENTED MARJORIE WHICH WAY IT'S GOING TO BE I LIKE FOLKS THAT ARE DOWNRIGHT BAD OR GOOD SAID MABEL CROSSLY BURGLARS OUGHT TO BE BURGLARS AND MINISTERS OUGHT TO BE MINISTERS AND THEY ALL OUGHT TO BE MARKED SO YOU CAN TELL EM APART ELSE HOW ARE YOU GOING TO
 and the dreaded visit was over. "So," said Marjory, "_that's_ what Mrs. Slater is like inside." Mabel, unable to bear them longer, was recklessly peeling off her lemon-colored gloves. "She's lovely, inside and out," declared Bettie, "but I never dreamed that she was like _that_." "She wouldn't have cared if I _had_ gone without gloves," mourned aggrieved Mabel. "I'd like to pay Henrietta back for _that_." "Girls," asked Marjory, "do you _like_ Henrietta?" "I adore her," declared Jean. "I _think_ I like her," said Bettie. "I know _I_ don't," asserted Mabel, waving her throbbing hands in the evening breeze to cool them. "I do and I don't," said Marjory. "I admire her, but she makes me uncomfortable. I feel as if she were just playing with me." "She seems more than fourteen," murmured Jean, dreamily. "That's because she's traveled so much," explained Bettie. "She's like the big opal in Mother's ring," mused imaginative Jean. "One moment all warm and sparkly, the next, all cold and quiet. AGAIN SHE SAID THAT SHE ENJOYED YOUNG PEOPLE THEN THE BIG FRONT DOOR WAS CLOSED BEHIND THEM AND THE DREADED VISIT WAS OVER SO SAID MARGERY THAT'S WHAT MISSUS SLATER IS LIKE INSIDE MABEL UNABLE TO BEAR THEM LONGER WAS RECKLESSLY PEELING OFF HER LEMON COLORED GLOVES SHE'S LOVELY INSIDE AND OUT DECLARED BETTY BUT I NEVER DREAMED THAT SHE WAS LIKE THAT SHE WOULDN'T HAVE CARED IF I HAD GONE WITHOUT GLOVES WARNED AGGRIEVED MABEL I'D LIKE TO PAY HENRIETTA BACK FOR THAT GIRLS ASKED MARJORIE DO YOU LIKE HENRIETTA I ADORE HER DECLARED JEAN I THINK I LIKE HER SAID BETTY I KNOW I DON'T ASSERTED MABEL WAVING HER THROBBING HANDS IN THE EVENING BREEZE TO COOL THEM I DO AND I DON'T SAID MARGERY I ADMIRE HER BUT SHE MAKES ME UNCOMFORTABLE I FEEL AS IF SHE WERE JUST PLAYING WITH SHE SEEMS MORE THAN FOURTEEN MURMURED JEAN DREAMILY THAT'S BECAUSE SHE'S TRAVELED SO MUCH EXPLAINED BETTY SHE'S LIKE THE BIG OPEN MOTHER'S RING MUSED IMAGINATIVE JEAN ONE MOMENT ALL WARM AND SPARKLING THE NEXT ALL COLD AND QUIET
large/13003/adopting_of_rosa_marie_1901_librivox_64kb_mp3/rosamarie_19_rankin_64kb
file
download/librilight/large/13003/adopting_of_rosa_marie_1901_librivox_64kb_mp3/rosamarie_19_rankin_64kb.flac