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I hope you are getting on well with the work on the house, although I regard your treating it as if it were your own, as the height of extravagance. I HOPE YOU ARE GETTING ON WELL WITH THE WORK OF THE HOUSE ALTHOUGH I REGARD YOUR TREATING IT AS IF IT WERE YOUR OWN AS THE HEIGHT OF EXTRAVAGANCE
, who had her private reasons for making the offer. "Certainly," said Mrs. Carey unsuspectingly, as she took up the inevitable stocking. "I almost wish you had all been storks instead of chickens; then you would always have held up one foot, and perhaps that stocking, at least, wouldn't have had holes in it!" "Poor Muddy! I'm learning to darn," cried Kathleen, kissing her. LONGHAMPTON, NEW JERSEY, _June 27th_. MY DEAR MARGARET [so Nancy read],--The climate of this seaside place suits me so badly that I have concluded to spend the rest of the summer with you, lightening those household tasks which will fall so heavily on your shoulders. [Groans from the whole family greeted this opening passage, and Gilbert cast himself, face down, on his mother's lounge.] It is always foggy here when it does not rain, and the cooking is very bad. The manager of the hotel is uncivil and the office clerks very rude, so that Beulah, unfortunate place of residence as I consider it, will be much preferable. AD COUSIN ANNS ALOUD ASKED NANCY WHO HAD HER PRIVATE REASONS FOR MAKING THE OFFER CERTAINLY SAID MISSUS CAREY UNSUSPECTINGLY AS SHE TOOK UP THE INEVITABLE STOCKINGS I ALMOST WISH YOU HAD ALL BEEN STORKS INSTEAD OF CHICKENS THEN YOU WOULD HAVE ALWAYS HELD UP ONE FOOT AND PERHAPS THAT STOCKING AT LEAST WOULDN'T HAVE HAD HOLES IN IT POOR MATTIE I'M LEARNING TO DARN CRIED KATHLEEN KISSING HER LONGHAMPTON NEW JERSEY JUNE TWENTY SEVENTH MY DEAR MARGARET SO NANCY READ THE CLIMATE OF THIS SEASIDE PLACE SUITS ME SO BADLY THAT I HAVE CONCLUDED TO SPEND THE REST OF THE SUMMER WITH YOU LIGHTNING THOSE HOUSEHOLD TASKS WHICH FALL SO HEAVILY UPON YOUR SHOULDERS GROANS FROM THE WHOLE FAMILY GREETED THIS OPENING PASSAGE AND GILBERT CAST HIMSELF FACE DOWN ON HIS MOTHER'S LOUNGE IT IS ALWAYS FOGGY HERE WHEN IT DOES NOT RAIN AND THE COOKING IS VERY BAD THE MANAGER OF THE HOTEL IS UNCIVIL AND THE OFFICE CLERK'S VERY RUDE SO THAT BEULAH UNFORTUNATE PLACE OF RESIDENCE AS I CONSIDER IT WILL BE MUCH PREFERABLE
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