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"The hours fly by like minutes," continues Nancy, stopping by the side window and twirling the curtain tassel absently. "I scan the surrounding country to see if anything compares with Beulah, and nothing does. THE HOURS FLY BY LIKE A MINUTE'S CONTINUES NANCY STOOPING BY THE SIDE WINDOW AND TWIRLING THE CURTAIN TASSEL ABSENTLY I SCAN THE SURROUNDING COUNTRY TO SEE IF ANYTHING COMPARES WITH BEULAH AND NOTHING DOES
ke no reply because it would be no use, and anyway I know Greentown _is_ the changing place, because I've asked three men before; but Cousin Ann always likes to make conductors acknowledge they don't know as much as she does. "Then I present a few peanuts or peppermints to a small boy, and hold an infant for a tired mother, because this is what good children do in the Sunday-school books, but I do not mingle much with the passengers because my brow is furrowed with thought and I am travelling on important business." You can well imagine that by this time Mother Carey has taken out her darning, and Kathleen her oversewing, to which she pays little attention because she so adores Nancy's tales. Peter has sat like a small statue ever since his quick ear caught the sound of a story. His eyes follow Nancy as she walks up and down improvising, and the only interruption she ever receives from her audience is Kathleen's or Mother Carey's occasional laugh at some especially ridiculous sentence. IM BUT MAKE NO REPLY BECAUSE IT WOULD BE OF NO USE AND ANYWAY I KNOW GREENTOWN IS THE CHANGING PLACE BECAUSE I'VE ASKED THREE MEN BEFORE BUT COUSIN ANN ALWAYS LIKES TO MAKE CONDUCTORS ACKNOWLEDGE THEY DON'T KNOW AS MUCH AS SHE DOES THEN I WOULD PRESENT A FEW PEANUTS OR PEPPERMINTS TO A SMALL BOY AND HOLD AN INFANT FOR A TIRED MOTHER BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT GOOD CHILDREN DO IN THE SUNDAY SCHOOL BOOKS BUT I DO NOT MINGLE MUCH WITH THE PASSENGERS BECAUSE MY BROW IS FURROWED WITH THOUGHT AND I AM TRAVELLING ON IMPORTANT BUSINESS YOU CAN WELL IMAGINE THAT BY THIS TIME MOTHER CAREY HAS TAKEN OUT HER DARNING AND KATHLEEN HER OVERSEWING TO WHICH SHE PAYS LITTLE ATTENTION BECAUSE SHE SO ADORES NANCY'S TALES PETER HAS SET LIKE A SMALL STATUE EVER SINCE HIS QUICK EAR CAUGHT THE SOUND OF A STORY HIS EYES FOLLOW NANCY AS SHE WALKS UP AND DOWN IMPROVISING AND THE ONLY INTERRUPTION SHE EVER RECEIVES FROM HER AUDIENCE IS KATHLEEN'S OR MOTHER CAREY'S OCCASIONAL LAUGH AT SOME ESPECIALLY RIDICULOUS SENTENCE
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