I was sitting alone in my room this afternoon -- I believe I was moping -- when Bessie brought up his card . I gave it one rapturous look and tore downstairs , passing Alicia in the hall like a whirlwind , and burst into the drawing-room in a most undignified way . `` Jack ! '' I cried , holding out both hands to him in welcome . There he was , just the same old Jack , with his splendid big shoulders and his lovely brown eyes . And his necktie was crooked , too ; as soon as I could get my hands free I put them up and straightened it out for him . How nice and old-timey that was ! `` So you are glad to see me , Kitty ? '' he said as he squeezed my hands in his big strong paws . '' ` Deed and ` deed I am , Jack . I thought you had forgotten me altogether . And I 've been so homesick and so -- so everything , '' I said incoherently . `` And , oh , Jack , I 've so many questions to ask I do n't know where to begin . Tell me all the Thrush Hill and Valleyfield news , tell me everything that has happened since I left . How many people have you killed off ? And , oh , why did n't you come to see me before ? '' `` I did n't think I should be wanted , Kitty , '' Jack answered quietly . `` You seemed to be so absorbed in your new life that old friends and interests were crowded out . '' `` So I was at first , '' I answered penitently . `` I was dazzled , you know .
The glare was too much XXXXX my Thrush Hill brown .
So as at before for in like since to with