Stephen is very particular who he lets me ` sociate with . Why , even the rock people now -- I had to promise I 'd never let the Twin Sailors swear before he 'd allow me to be friends with them . Sometimes I know by the look of the Oldest Twin that he 's just dying to swear , but I never let him , because I promised Stephen . I 'd do anything for Stephen . He 's awful good to me . Stephen 's bringing me up , you know , and he 's bound to do it well . We 're just perfectly happy here , only I wish I 'd more books to read . We go fishing , and when we come home at night I help Stephen clean the fish and then we sit outside the door and he plays the violin for me . We sit there for hours sometimes . We never talk much -- Stephen is n't much of a hand for talking -- but we just sit and think . There 's not many men like Stephen , I can tell you . '' Miss Trevor did not get a glimpse of the foolscap book that day , nor for many days after . Paul blushed all over his beautiful face whenever she mentioned it . `` Oh , I could n't show you that , '' he said uncomfortably . `` Why , I 've never even showed it to Stephen -- or Nora . Let me tell you something else instead , something that happened to me once long ago . You 'll find it more interesting than the foolscap book , only you must remember it is n't true ! You wo n't forget that , will you ? '' `` I 'll try to remember , '' Miss Trevor agreed . `` Well , I was sitting here one evening just like I was last night , and the sun was setting .
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