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Scan 236
The second violin, 1906
16 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026. Printed page 208. See the scan on archive.org.
1it one can't bear to dampen their ardour. The least we can do is to help them whenever we can."
3Jeff made a wry face. "I don't mind assisting in the boy's education, but I draw the line at the girl. She's a silly. Why, she—" His face coloured with resentment. "It sounds crazy to say, but she does, for a fact, make eyes at every man or boy she sees."
5Celia laughed. "I hadn't noticed. But she can't mean to, Jeff. She's only fifteen."
7"That's the idiocy of it. She's only fifteen, but you watch her the next time any of us fellows come into the room. Just can tell you; he's in a chronic state of laugh over it. She thinks she's a beauty, and she thinks we're all impressed with the fact."
9"She is pretty."
11"I don't think so. I don't call any girl pretty who's so struck with herself that she can't get by a mirror without a glance and a pat of that big fluff of front hair. You don't catch Evelyn looking into a glass or acting as if she thought everybody was about to fall in love with her. I'm going to take her skating when she gets strong enough."
13"That won't be for some time, I'm afraid. But she certainly is looking better already."
15So she was. Charlotte had begun very gently with Evelyn, reducing the temperature of the daily bath only by a degree at a time, lessening the
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