`` And we 're from the Island , '' said both together . `` I hail from Bolingbroke , Nova Scotia , '' said Philippa . `` Bolingbroke ! '' exclaimed Anne . `` Why , that is where I was born . '' `` Do you really mean it ? Why , that makes you a Bluenose after all . '' `` No , it does n't , '' retorted Anne . `` Was n't it Dan O'Connell who said that if a man was born in a stable it did n't make him a horse ? I 'm Island to the core . '' `` Well , I 'm glad you were born in Bolingbroke anyway . It makes us kind of neighbors , does n't it ? And I like that , because when I tell you secrets it wo n't be as if I were telling them to a stranger . I have to tell them . I ca n't keep secrets -- it 's no use to try . That 's my worst failing -- that , and indecision , as aforesaid . Would you believe it ? -- it took me half an hour to decide which hat to wear when I was coming here -- HERE , to a graveyard ! At first I inclined to my brown one with the feather ; but as soon as I put it on I thought this pink one with the floppy brim would be more becoming . When I got IT pinned in place I liked the brown one better .
At last I put them close together XXXXX the bed , shut my eyes , and jabbed with a hat pin .
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