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"You know nothing of the expenses involved. They would have taxed our resources to the utmost if father had lived, and we had had our more than five thousand a year! You and I together must think out your problem this summer." YOU KNOW NOTHING OF THE EXPENSES INVOLVED THEY WOULD HAVE TAXED OUR RESOURCES TO THE UTMOST IF FATHER HAD LIVED AND WE HAVE HAD OUR MORE THAN FIVE THOUSAND A YEAR YOU AND I TOGETHER MUST THINK OUT YOUR PROBLEM THIS SUMMER
e are now; then I should not spend a single cent on the house, but just live here in hiding, as it were, till better times come and till we are old enough to go into society. You could scrimp and save for Nancy's coming out, and then for Kathleen's. Father would certainly be well long before then, and Kathleen and I could debut together!" "Who wants to 'debut' together or any other way," sniffed Nancy scornfully. "I'm coming out right here in Beulah; indeed I'm not sure but I'm out already! Mr. Bill Harmon has asked me to come to the church sociable and Mr. Popham has invited me to the Red Men's picnic at Greentown. Beulah's good for something better than a place to hide in! We'll have to save every penny at first, of course, but in three or four years Gilly and I ought to be earning something." "The trouble is, I _can't_ earn anything in college," objected Gilbert, "though I'd like to." "That will be the only way a college course can come to you now, Gilbert," his mother said quietly. WE SHOULDN'T ALL BE DRUDGES AS WE ARE NOW THEN I SHOULD NOT SPEND A SINGLE CENT ON THE HOUSE BUT JUST LIVE THERE IN HIDING AS IT WERE TILL BETTER TIMES COME UNTIL WE ARE OLD ENOUGH TO GO INTO SOCIETY YOU COULD SCRIMP AND SAVE FOR NANCY'S COMING OUT AND THEN FOR KATHLEEN'S FATHER WOULD CERTAINLY BE WELL LONG BEFORE THEN AND KATHLEEN AND I COULD DAB YOU TOGETHER WHO WANTS TO DAB YOU TOGETHER ANY OTHER WAY SNIFFED NANCY SCORNFULLY I'M COMING OUT RIGHT HERE IN BEULAH INDEED I'M NOT SURE IF I'M NOT OUT ALREADY MISTER BILL HARMON HAS ASKED ME TO COME TO THE CHURCH SOCIABLE AND MISTER POPHAM HAS INVITED ME TO THE RED MAN'S PICNIC AT GREENTOWN BEULAH'S GOOD FOR SOMETHING BETTER THAN A PLACE TO HIDE IN WE'LL HAVE TO SAVE EVERY PENNY AT FIRST OF COURSE BUT IN THREE OR FOUR YEARS GILLY AND I OUGHT TO BE EARNING SOMETHING THE TROUBLE IS I CAN'T EARN ANYTHING IN COLLEGE OBJECTED GILBERT THOUGH I'D LIKE TO THAT WILL BE THE ONLY WAY A COLLEGE COURSE CAN COME TO YOU NOW GILBERT HIS MOTHER SAID QUIETLY
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