. The one I knew the best of all : a memory of the mind of a child . rted. It was not a story tobe finished in an afternoon. It was to be con-tinued on the next opportunity. It was continuedat all sorts of times and in all sorts of allowed no opportunity or the ghost of oneto slip by. Just tell a little Edith Somerville whilewere waiting, she would say, whether it was inthe few minutes before Miss Hatleigh came in,or in a few minutes when she was called fromthe room by some unforeseen incident, or on theway downstairs, or in the cloak-room, or waitingfor the door-bell to be answere
. The one I knew the best of all : a memory of the mind of a child . rted. It was not a story tobe finished in an afternoon. It was to be con-tinued on the next opportunity. It was continuedat all sorts of times and in all sorts of allowed no opportunity or the ghost of oneto slip by. Just tell a little Edith Somerville whilewere waiting, she would say, whether it was inthe few minutes before Miss Hatleigh came in,or in a few minutes when she was called fromthe room by some unforeseen incident, or on theway downstairs, or in the cloak-room, or waitingfor the door-bell to be answered when the SmallPerson went home to her dinner or tea. It wasnot only the Embroidery Afternoons that wereutilized, any afternoon or morning, or any hourwould do. For a short time the narrative was an entire 22O The One I Knew the Best of All secret. The Small IVrson was as afraid of beingheard as she was when she entertained herselfwith the Doll. When anyone approached shedropped her voice very low or stopped What makes you so funny ? Kate used to 41 I wouldnt care a bit. Its a beautiful somehow one of the other little girls foundout that the beautiful tale was being told, andKate was made a go-between in the matter ofappeal. Lizzie wants to know if she may listen ? theSmall Person was asked, and after a little hesita- EditJi Somerville 221 tion she gave consent and Lizzie listened, and alittle later one or two others attached themselvesto the party. There were occasions when threeor four little girls revelled in the woes and rapt-ures of Edith Somerville. The relation lasted for weeks. It began with o the heroines infancy and included her boarding-school days and the adventures of all her com-panions of both sexes. There was a youthful fe-male villain whose vices were stamped upon hercomplexion. She had raven hair and an oliveskin, and she began her career of iniquity attwelve years old, when she told lies about thenice blond girls at the boarding-sc
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