? ? ? ? "Well," she says, "I'll run down to breakfast now, and then I'll start straight for Mr. Lathrop's."
? ? ? ? "Deed, that ain't the ticket, Miss Mary Jane," I says, "by no manner of means; go before breakfast."
? ? ? ? "Why?"
? ? ? ? "What did you reckon I wanted you to go at all for, Miss Mary?"
? ? ? ? "Well, I never thought- and come to think, I don't know. What was it?"
? ? ? ? "Why, it's because you ain't one of these leather-face people. I don't want no better book than what your face is. A body can set down and read it off like coarse print. Do you reckon you can go and face your uncles, when they come to kiss you good-morning, and never-"
? ? ? ? "There, there, don't! Yes, I'll go before breakfast- I'll be glad to. And leave my sisters with them?"
? ? ? ? "Yes- never mind about them.
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