She was a sweet , good-hearted little woman ; she had made Jack happy ; and she had contrived , heaven only knew how , to bring a rare creature like Betty into the world . For that , much might be forgiven her . By the time I reached The Maples and had flung myself down in an old , kinky , comfortable chair in my library I had forgiven her and was even paying her the compliment of thinking seriously over what she had said . Was Betty really unlike other girls ? That is to say , unlike them in any respect wherein she should resemble them ? I did not wish this ; although I was a crusty old bachelor I approved of girls , holding them the sweetest things the good God has made . I wanted Betty to have her full complement of girlhood in all its best and highest manifestation . Was there anything lacking ? I observed Betty very closely during the next week or so , riding over to Glenby every day and riding back at night , meditating upon my observations . Eventually I concluded to do what I had never thought myself in the least likely to do . I would send Betty to a boarding-school for a year . It was necessary that she should learn how to live with other girls . I went over to Glenby the next day and found Betty under the beeches on the lawn , just back from a canter . She was sitting on the dappled mare I had given her on her last birthday , and was laughing at the antics of her rejoicing dogs around her . I looked at her with much pleasure ; it gladdened me to see how much , nay , how totally a child she still was , despite her Churchill height . Her hair , under her velvet cap , still hung over her shoulders in the same thick plaits ; her face had the firm leanness of early youth , but its curves were very fine and delicate . The brown skin , that worried Sara so , was flushed through with dusky color from her gallop ; her long , dark eyes were filled with the beautiful unconsciousness of childhood . More than all , the soul in her was still the soul of a child . I found myself wishing that it could always remain so . But I knew it could not ; the woman must blossom out some day ; it was my duty to see that the flower fulfilled the promise of the bud .
When I told Betty that she must go away XXXXX a school for a year , she shrugged , frowned and consented .
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