`` You do n't say ! Look here , what was your mother 's name before she was married ? '' `` Mary Carvell . '' `` Well , I have heard of coincidences , but this beats all ! Mary Carvell ! Well , did you ever hear your mother speak of a girl friend of hers called Josephine Draper ? '' `` I should think I did ! You do n't mean -- '' `` I do mean it . I 'm Josephine Draper . Your mother and I went to school together , and we were as much as sisters to each other until she got married . Then she went away , and after a few years I lost trace of her . I did n't even know she was dead . Poor Mary ! Well , my duty is plain -- that 's one comfort -- my duty and my pleasure , too . Your sister is coming out to Dalesboro to stay with me . Yes , and you are too , for the whole summer . You need n't say you 're not , because you are . I 've said so . There 's room at Fir Cottage for you both . Yes , Fir Cottage -- I guess you 've heard your mother speak of that .
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