I s ` pose I should n't have let him go so meek but I was timid and frightened of father .<br>Besides , I did n't know men were so skurse . ''<br>When the girls were safely away , Diana driving and Anne holding the coveted platter carefully on her lap , the green , rain-freshened solitudes of the Tory Road were enlivened by ripples of girlish laughter .
Diana was 12 years older than Anne.
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