Mrs. Page sighed and said she really did not know what to do . Dorinda did not sigh ; she did not know just what to do either , but there must be something that could be done -- there is always something that can be done , if one can only find it . Dorinda sewed hard and pursed up her red lips determinedly . `` Do n't you worry , Mother Page , '' she said briskly . `` We 'll be like that glorious old Roman who found a way or made it . I like overcoming difficulties . I 've lots of old Admiral Page 's fighting blood in me , you know . The first step is to tabulate just exactly what difficulties among our many difficulties must be ravelled out first -- the capital difficulties , as it were . Most important of all comes -- '' `` Leicester , '' said Mrs. Page . Dorinda winked her eyes as she always did when she was doubtful . `` Well , I knew he was one of them , but I was n't going to put him the very first . However , we will . Leicester 's case stands thus . He is a pretty smart boy -- if he was n't my brother , I 'd say he was a very smart boy . He has gone as far in his studies as Willowdale School can take him , has qualified for entrance into the Blue Hill Academy , wants to go there this fall and begin the beginnings of a college course . Well , of course , Mother Page , we ca n't send Leicester to Blue Hill any more than we can send him to the moon . '' `` No , '' mourned Mrs. Page , `` and the poor boy feels so badly over it . His heart is set on going to college and being a doctor like his father . He believes he could work his way through , if he could only get a start . But there is n't any chance .
And I ca n't afford XXXXX keep him at school any longer .
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