`` Oh , Aunty , dear , ca n't you see that Ada is just the same girl in cotton print that she would be in silk attire ? She is really far more distinguished looking than any girl in the Knowles ' set . '' `` Pauline ! '' said Aunt Olivia , looking as shocked as if Pauline had committed blasphemy . Pauline laughed again , but she sighed as she went to her room . Aunt Olivia has the kindest heart in the world , she thought . What a pity she is n't able to see things as they really are ! My friendship with Ada ca n't be perfect if I ca n't invite her to my home . And she is such a dear girl -- the first real friend after my own heart that I 've ever had . The summer waned , and August burned itself out . `` I suppose you will be going back to town next week ? I shall miss you dreadfully , '' said Ada . The two girls were in the Embree garden , where Pauline was preparing to take a photograph of Ada standing among the asters , with a great sheaf of them in her arms . Pauline wished she could have said : But you must come and visit me in the winter . Since she could not , she had to content herself with saying : `` You wo n't miss me any more than I shall miss you . But we 'll correspond , and I hope Aunt Olivia will come to Marwood again next summer . '' `` I do n't think I shall be here then , '' said Ada with a sigh . `` You see , it is time I was doing something for myself , Pauline . Aunt Jane and Uncle Robert have always been very kind to me , but they have a large family and are not very well off . So I think I 'll try for a situation in one of the Remington stores this fall . ''
`` It 's such a pity you could n't have gone XXXXX the Academy and studied for a teacher 's licence , '' said Pauline , who knew what Ada 's ambitions were .
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