Polly, and Rose, and Sprite made a lovely trio, and older people meeting
them as they tripped along together, marvelled that three such beautiful
children, happened to be intimate neighbors.
Gwen Harcourt had not entered school on the first day, but one morning
she appeared with the news that she should attend school all the year
if she chose, but that she could leave at any time if she wished.
"Oh, but won't your mamma _make_ you go to school?" a small girl asked.
"My mamma never _makes_ me do anything!" declared Gwen sharply. "I
guess that's so!" Rob Lindsey said, softly.
"What did you say?" Gwen asked.
"I don't _dare_ to tell," declared Rob, in a teasing voice.
"You _needn't_!" cried Gwen, and she rudely turned her back toward
Rob, and commenced to talk to Leslie Grafton.
She talked so fast that she hardly knew what she was saying, but she
wished Rob Lindsey to think that she had quite forgotten that he was
there.
The bell rang, and while the others turned to hasten toward the school
house, Gwen walked along as if merely out for a stroll, and she entered
the schoolroom after all the others were seated.
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