Dorinda winked again . `` Are music lessons for Jean really a difficulty ? '' she said . `` That is , one spelled with a capital ? '' `` Oh , yes , Dorinda dear . At least , I 'm worried over it . Jean loves music so , and she has never had anything , poor child , not even as much school as she ought to have had . I 've had to keep her home so much to help me with the work . She has been such a good , patient little girl too , and her heart is set on music lessons . '' `` Well , she must have them then -- after we get Leicester 's year at the academy for him . That 's two . The third is a new -- '' `` The roof must be shingled this fall , '' said Mrs. Page anxiously . `` It really must , Dorinda . It is no better than a sieve . We are nearly drowned every time it rains . But I do n't know where the money to do it is going to come from . '' `` Shingles for the roof , three , '' said Dorinda , as if she were carefully jotting down something in a mental memorandum . `` And fourth -- now , Mother Page , I will have my say this time -- fourthly , biggest capital of all , a Nice , New Dress and a Warm Fur Coat for Mother Page this winter . Yes , yes , you must have them , dearest . It 's absolutely necessary .
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