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"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!" 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
erent. Tell me quickly." "It's an idea to get rid of the Curse of the House of Carey!" "It can't be done, Nancy; you know it can't! Even if you could think out a way, mother couldn't be made to agree." "She must never know. I would not think of mixing up 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.  EARS ONLY KITTY OH THAT'S DIFFERENT TELL ME QUICKLY IT'S AN IDEA ON HOW TO GET RID OF THE CURSE OF THE HOUSE OF CARRIE IT CAN'T BE DONE NANCY YOU KNOW IT CAN'T EVEN IF YOU COULD THINK OUT A WAY MOTHER COULDN'T BE MADE TO AGREE SHE MUST NEVER KNOW I WOULD 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
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