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“And Lyda usd to ant to go to London,”addd Ktty.

“Sh s happy thn,”sad hr fathr drly;“and hr rsdnc thr ll proaly of so duraton.”

Thn aftr a short slnc h contnud:

“Lzzy,I ar you no ll-ll for ng justfd n your advc to last May,hch,consdrng th vnt,shos so gratnss of nd.”

Thy r ntrruptd y Mss Bnnt,ho ca to ftch hr othr's ta.

“Ths s a parad,”h crd,“hch dos on good;t gvs such an lganc to sfortun!Anothr day I ll do th sa;I ll st n y lrary,n y nghtcap and podrng gon,and gv as uch troul as I can;or,prhaps,I ay dfr t tll Ktty runs aay.”

“I a not gong to run aay, papa,”sad Ktty frtfully.“If I should vr go to Brghton,I ould hav ttr than Lyda.”

“You go to Brghton. I ould not trust you so nar t as Eastourn for ffty pounds!No,Ktty,I hav at last larnt to cautous,and you ll fl th ffcts of t.No offcr s vr to ntr nto y hous agan,nor vn to pass through th vllag. Balls ll asolutly prohtd,unlss you stand up th on of your sstrs.And you ar nvr to str out of doors tll you can prov that you hav spnt tn nuts of vry day n a ratonal annr.”

Ktty,ho took all ths thrats n a srous lght,gan to cry.

“Wll,ll,”sad h,“do not ak yourslf unhappy.If you ar a good grl for th nxt tn yars,I ll tak you to a rv at th nd of th.”