Can you realize it , Ruth ? '' Ruth looked up from her book with a smile . Even in appearance she had changed . There was a faint pink in her cheeks and a merry light in her eyes . `` I shall not be sorry to go back to work , '' she said . `` I feel just like it because I have had so pleasant a time here that it has heartened me up for next term . I think it will be very different from last . I begin to see that I kept to myself too much and brooded over fancied slights . '' `` And then you are to room with me since Maud is not coming back , '' said Carol . `` What fun we shall have . Did you ever toast marshmallows over the gas ? Why , I declare , there is Mr. Swift coming up the walk . Look , Ruth ! He is the richest man in Westleigh . '' Ruth peeped out of the window over Carol 's shoulder . `` He reminds me of somebody , '' she said absently , `` but I ca n't think who it is . Of course , I have never seen him before . What a good face he has ! '' `` He is as good as he looks , '' said Carol , enthusiastically . `` Next to Father , Mr. Swift is the nicest man in the world .
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