` Charmed to oblige , ' answered the polite one , with another bend . ` You play , I 'll rest , ' added the fat boy , yearning for repose and gentle converse with the Princess in the cooling shade . ` Well , you can comfort Bess , for I 've beaten her all to bits and she needs amusing . I know you 've got something nice in your pocket , George ; give her some , and ` Dolphus can have her racket . Now then , fly round ' ; and driving her prey before her , Josie returned in triumph to the court . Casting himself ponderously upon the bench , which creaked under his weight , Stuffy -- as we will continue to call him , though no one else dared to use the old name now -- promptly produced the box of confectionery , without which he never travelled far , and regaled Bess with candied violets and other dainties , while Dolly worked hard to hold his own against a most accomplished antagonist . He would have beaten her if an unlucky stumble , which produced an unsightly stain upon the knee of those new shorts , had not distracted his mind and made him careless . Much elated at her victory , Josie permitted him to rest , and offered ironical consolation for the mishap which evidently weighed upon his mind . ` Do n't be an old Betty ; it can be cleaned . You must have been a cat in some former state , you are so troubled about dirt ; or a tailor , and lived for clothes . ' ` Come now , do n't hit a fellow when he is down , ' responded Dolly from the grass where he and Stuffy now lay to make room for both girls on the seat . One handkerchief was spread under him , and his elbow leaned upon another , while his eyes were sadly fixed upon the green and brown spot which afflicted him . ' I like to be neat ; do n't think it civil to cut about in old shoes and grey flannel shirts before ladies . Our fellows are gentlemen , and dress as such , ' he added , rather nettled at the word ` tailor ' ; for he owed one of those too attractive persons an uncomfortably big bill . ` So are ours ; but good clothes alone do n't make a gentleman here . We require a good deal more , ' flashed Josie , in arms at once to defend her college . ` You will hear of some of the men in `` old boots and grey flannel '' when you and your fine gentlemen are twiddling your ties and scenting your hair in obscurity . I like old boots and wear them , and I hate dandies ; do n't you , Bess ? ' ` Not when they are kind to me , and belong to our old set , ' answered Bess , with a nod of thanks to Dolly , who was carefully removing an inquisitive caterpillar from one of her little russet shoes . ' I like a lady who is always polite , and does n't snap a man 's head off if he has a mind of his own ; do n't you , George ? '
asked XXXXX , with his best smile for Bess and a Harvard stare of disapprobation for Josie .
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