`` Hello , boys , '' said Laddie huskily . `` So you 've come to see her grave too ? '' `` Yes , '' said Cecil solemnly . `` We -- we just had to . We could n't go to bed without coming . Oh , is n't it lonesome without Cousin Avis ? '' `` She was always so good to us , '' said Sid . `` She used to talk to us so nice , '' said Cecil chokily . `` But she liked fun , too . '' `` Boys , '' said Laddie gravely , `` never forget what Cousin Avis used to say to you . Never forget that you have got to grow up into men she 'd be proud of . '' They went away then , the boys and their boyish uncle ; and when they had gone Nora came , stealing timidly through the shadows , starting at the rustle of the wind in the trees . `` Oh , Avis , '' she whispered . `` I want to see you so much ! I want to tell you all about it -- about him . You would understand so well . He is the best and dearest lover ever a girl had . You would think so too . Oh , Avis , I miss you so much ! There 's a little shadow even on my happiness because I ca n't talk it over with you in the old way .
Oh , XXXXX , it was dreadful to sit around the fire tonight and not see you .
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