`` Neither I have , '' said Millicent , laughing nervously . `` This is my chum , Worth Gordon , but she is no relation whatever . '' At the mention of Worth 's name , Mr. Kirby started slightly , but nobody noticed it . Millicent went on in a trembling voice . `` We 've come up to confess something , Mrs. Kirby . I 'm sure you 'll think it dreadful , but we did n't mean any harm . We just did n't realize , until afterwards . '' Then Millicent , with burning cheeks , told the whole story and asked to be forgiven . `` I , too , must apologize , '' said Worth , when Millicent had finished . `` Can you pardon me , Mrs. Kirby ? '' Mrs. Kirby had listened in amazed silence , but now she laughed . `` Certainly , '' she said kindly . `` I do n't suppose it was altogether right for you girls to play such a trick on anybody . 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 XXXXX Worth .
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