Turning , she saw Una Meredith . `` Why , Una , dear , did you walk up here in all this heat ? '' `` Yes , '' said Una , `` I came to -- I came to -- '' But she found it very hard to say what she had come to do . Her voice failed -- her eyes filled with tears . `` Why , Una , little girl , what is the trouble ? Do n't be afraid to tell me . '' Rosemary put her arm around the thin little form and drew the child close to her . Her eyes were very beautiful -- her touch so tender that Una found courage . `` I came -- to ask you -- to marry father , '' she gasped . Rosemary was silent for a moment from sheer dumbfounderment . She stared at Una blankly . `` Oh , do n't be angry , please , dear Miss West , '' said Una , pleadingly . `` You see , everybody is saying that you would n't marry father because we are so bad . He is VERY unhappy about it . So I thought I would come and tell you that we are never bad ON PURPOSE . And if you will only marry father we will all try to be good and do just what you tell us . I 'm SURE you wo n't have any trouble with us . PLEASE , Miss West . '' Rosemary had been thinking rapidly . Gossiping surmise , she saw , had put this mistaken idea into Una 's mind .
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