Merry does ; and she is only a few months older than I am . '' `` How old are you , child ? '' asked her father , feeling as if he had lost his reckoning . `` Fifteen in August ; '' and Molly looked very proud of the fact . `` So you are ! Bless my heart , how the time goes ! Well , get what you please ; if I 'm to have a young lady here , I 'd like to have her prettily dressed . It wo n't offend Miss Bat , will it ? '' Molly 's eyes sparkled , but she gave a little shrug as she answered , `` She wo n't care . She never troubles herself about me if I let her alone . `` Hey ? what ? Not trouble herself ? If she does n't , who does ? '' and Mr. Bemis sat up as if this discovery was more surprising than the other . `` I take care of myself and Boo , and she looks after you . The house goes any way . '' `` I should think so ! I nearly broke my neck over the parlor sofa in the hall to-night . What is it there for ? ''
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August Bemis Molly eyes father feeling months time to-night troubles