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Miss Fanny attributed this manoeuvre to a feeling very different from
the real one; and clapping her hands more joyfully than ever, cried:
"There you are! I believe you are going to pretend he ain't your beau!
But you need not, madam. As if I did'nt know all about it--"
"Oh, Fanny!" murmured poor Redbud.
"Come! no secrets from me! That old Miss Lavinia has treated you
badly, I know; I don't know how, but she made you cry, and I will not
have anything to say to her, if she _is_ your cousin. Forget all about
it, Reddy, and make haste down, Verty is waiting for you--and oh! he's
so elegant. I never saw a nicer fellow, and you know I always thought
he was handsome. I would set my cap at him," said Miss Fanny, with a
womanly air, "if it was'nt for you."
Redbud only murmured something.
"Come on!" cried Fanny, trying to raise her friend forcibly, "I tell
you Verty is waiting, and you are only losing so much talk; they never
_will_ let our beaux stay long enough, and as to-day's holiday, you
will have a nice chat.


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