and this was what her cousins thought about her! 16 Was it not a dreadful state of affairs for a small girl at 17 the beginning of her first visit? Katie shut her mouth tight, 18 and clenched her small, hot hands, in a desperate effort to 19 look just ordinary. It was very hard to be brave. She would 20 have liked to run away, but she knew that would be. 21 cowardly. Her cheeks kept growing hotter and hotter. It was 22 mean, she had always heard, to listen to things that were 23 not intended for one. Plainly, there was only one course: to 24 go right on, and not let anybody know that she had 25 overheard those dreadful, unkind words. 26 The waiting and the silence was almost too much. The 27 girls' voices died away in the room; a bee was buzzing in a 28 foxglove bell at her elbow, and some cows went quietly up 29 the lane past the green garden-gate. Then, all at once, the 30 Notes: door flew open, and tall Janet and fair-haired Clare stood 31 before her. 32 'You dear child, have you come all alone? How tired she 33 looks, Clare!' 34 'Katie, Katie, haven't you got a kiss for your own 35 Clare?' 36
16 and this was what her cousins thought about her! 17 Was it not a dreadful state of affairs for a small girl at 18 the beginning of her first visit? Katie shut her mouth tight, 19 and clenched her small, hot hands, in a desperate effort to 20 look just ordinary. It was very hard to be brave. She would 21 have liked to run away, but she knew that would be. 22 cowardly. Her cheeks kept growing hotter and hotter. It was 23 mean, she had always heard, to listen to things that were 24 not intended for one. Plainly, there was only one course: to 25 go right on, and not let anybody know that she had 26 overheard those dreadful, unkind words. 27 The waiting and the silence was almost too much. The 28 girls' voices died away in the room; a bee was buzzing in a 29 foxglove bell at her elbow, and some cows went quietly up 30 the lane past the green garden-gate. Then, all at once, the Notes: 31 door flew open, and tall Janet and fair-haired Clare stood 32 before her. 33 'You dear child, have you come all alone? How tired she 34 looks, Clare!' 35 'Katie, Katie, haven't you got a kiss for your own 36 Clare?'
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