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"She would never come at all if she guessed her cousins' opinion of her, that is very certain!" remarked Mrs. Carey pointedly. "Now, mother, look me in the eye and speak the whole truth," asked Nancy. "_Do you like Julia Carey_?" Mrs. Carey laughed as she answered, "Frankly then, I do not! SHE WOULD NEVER COME AT ALL IF SHE GUESSED HER COUSIN'S OPINIONS OF HER THAT IS VERY CERTAIN REMARKED MISSUS CAREY POINTEDLY NOW MOTHER LOOK ME IN THE EYE AND SPEAK THE WHOLE TRUTH ASKED NANCY DO YOU LIKE JULIA CAREY MISSUS CAREY LAUGHED AS SHE ANSWERED FRANKLY THEN I DO NOT
 Carey's eldest son." "That's the very note I should strike if I were you," his mother responded, "only with a little different accent. What would Captain Carey's eldest son like to do for his only cousin, a little girl younger than himself,--a girl who had a very silly, unwise, unhappy mother for the first five years of her life, and who is now practically fatherless, for a time at least?" Gilbert wriggled as if in great moral discomfort, as indeed he was. "Well," he said, "I don't want to be selfish, and if the girls say yes, I'll have to fall in; but it isn't logic, all the same, to ask a sixth to share what isn't enough for five." "I agree with you there, Gilly!" smiled his mother. "The only question before the council is, does logic belong at the top, in the scale of reasons why we do certain things? If we ask Julia to come, she will have to 'fall into line,' as you say, and share the family misfortunes as best she can." "She's a regular shirk, and always was." This from Kathleen. SHE'S UNCLE ALLAN'S CHICKEN AND I'M CAPTAIN CAREY'S ELDEST SON THAT'S THE VERY NOTE I SHOULD STRIKE IF I WERE YOU HIS MOTHER RESPONDED ONLY WITH A LITTLE DIFFERENT ACCENT WHAT WOULD CAPTAIN CAREY'S ELDEST SON LIKE TO DO FOR HIS ONLY COUSIN A LITTLE GIRL YOUNGER THAN HIMSELF A GIRL WHO HAS HAD A VERY SILLY UNWISE UNHAPPY MOTHER FOR THE FIRST FIVE YEARS OF HER LIFE AND WHO WAS NOW PRACTICALLY FATHERLESS FOR A TIME AT LEAST GILBERT WRIGGLED AS IF IN GREAT MORAL DISCOMFORT AS INDEED HE WAS WELL HE SAID I DON'T WANT TO BE SELFISH AND IF THE GIRLS SAY YES I'LL HAVE TO FALL IN BUT IT ISN'T LOGIC ALL THE SAME TO ASK A SIX TO SHARE WHEN THERE ISN'T ENOUGH FOR FIVE I AGREE WITH YOU THERE GILLY SMILED HIS MOTHER THE ONLY QUESTION BEFORE THE COUNCIL IS DOES LOGIC BELONG AT THE TOP IN THE SCALE OF REASONS WHY WE DO CERTAIN THINGS IF WE ASK JULIA TO COME SHE WILL HAVE TO FALL INTO LINE AS YOU SAY AND SHARE THE FAMILY MISFORTUNES AS BEST SHE CAN SHE'S A REGULAR SHIRK AND ALWAYS WAS THIS FROM KATHLEEN
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