It 's all this hateful dress . I 'll go and take it off ... I 'll ... '' And then I just put my hands up to my burning face and the tears that would never come before came in a flood . All at once I felt Sidney 's arms about me and felt my head drawn to his shoulder . `` Do n't cry , dearest , '' I heard him say softly . `` You can never be a little girl to me again ... my eyes are opened ... but I did n't want you to be . I want you to be my big girl ... mine , all mine , forever . '' What happened after that is n't to be written in a diary . I wo n't even write down the things he said about how I looked , because it would seem so terribly vain , but I ca n't help thinking of them , for I am so happy . The Old Fellow 's Letter Ruggles and I were down on the Old Fellow . It does n't matter why and , since in a story of this kind we must tell the truth no matter what happens -- or else where is the use of writing a story at all ? -- I 'll have to confess that we had deserved all we got and that the Old Fellow did no more than his duty by us . Both Ruggles and I see that now , since we have had time to cool off , but at the moment we were in a fearful wax at the Old Fellow and were bound to hatch up something to get even with him . Of course , the Old Fellow had another name , just as Ruggles has another name . He is principal of the Frampton Academy -- the Old Fellow , not Ruggles -- and his name is George Osborne . We have to call him Mr. Osborne to his face , but he is the Old Fellow everywhere else . He is quite old -- thirty-six if he 's a day , and whatever possessed Sylvia Grant -- but there , I 'm getting ahead of my story . Most of the Cads like the Old Fellow . Even Ruggles and I like him on the average . The girls are always a little provoked at him because he is so shy and absent-minded , but when it comes to the point , they like him too . I heard Emma White say once that he was `` so handsome '' ; I nearly whooped .
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