But I can make allowances for schoolgirl pranks . I was a school girl once myself , and far from a model one . You have atoned for your mistake by coming so frankly and confessing , and now we 'll forget all about it . I think you have learned your lesson . Both of you must just sit down and spend the evening with us . Dear me , but you are bewilderingly alike ! '' `` I 've something I want to say , '' interposed Mr. Kirby suddenly . `` You say your name is Worth Gordon , '' he added , turning to Worth . `` May I ask what your mother 's name was ? '' `` Worth Mowbray , '' answered Worth wonderingly . `` I was sure of it , '' said Mr. Kirby triumphantly , `` when I heard Miss Moore mention your name . Your mother was my half-sister , and you are my niece . '' Everybody exclaimed and for a few moments they all talked and questioned together . Then Mr. Kirby explained fully . `` I was born on a farm up-country . My mother was a widow when she married my father , and she had one daughter , Worth Mowbray , five years older than myself . When I was three years old , my mother died . Worth went to live with our mother 's only living relative , an aunt . My father and I removed to another section of the country . He , too , died soon after , and I was brought up with an uncle 's family .
My sister came XXXXX see me once when she was a girl of seventeen and , as I remember her , very like you are now .
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