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    【】or,infuture.”

    sosaying,sheagain.

    ”goodbye,ioing,too,”christinesaid.”ihinkitover,

    bytorrooing,andtellyouyouaretodo.”

    theing,theboysohearchristines

    proposals;foralthoughtheyhadquitedeuptheirndstotry

    theirofeasible,stilltheyfeltthat,

    hherkry,sheanyrate,to

    givetheoodadvice.

    untilshehadhristinesaidnothing.then

    shetookoutherknitting,andsatagainstthewindow.

    ”noellyouihavethoughtof.itwould

    beeasyenough,ifit.hessobig,andsored,and

    hedoesntspeakgern.

    ”ohdear,hesverytireso”andsheshookherheadattiwho

    sled,laidhishandonhisbreast,andendeavoredtolook

    affeg.

    christinelaughed.

    ”theonlythingi,isthatheshallgooutas

    ajehoheirbroadhats,andatrayoflittle

    tris.heghtpass,ifhesoldierstookitintotheir

    headstobuy.”

    thepropositiondoyle.

    ”isit,yourhonor,tioyle,agoodcatholideof

    hopeoplethatstotuselfintoahaythinjehe

    irishnburstout,hgreatindignation.”ithat

    ishouldbedeintoaan,butahaythioyour

    honors,itsnaythersinsiblenordat.”

    theboyssoflaughter.christinelaughedfora

    nt,too,sspeechtoher;andthen

    lookedindignantthattheproposition,uch

    thought,shouldbesosfullyrejected.

    tiahelook,andaton,persuasively:

    ”sureof

    yhtblueeyesbutisitraisonaturaltoaska

    christianntokeahaythinjeself,

    yourself”

    sappeal.

    ”didyoueverseesuabsurdn”shesaid,laughing.”asif

    ituldkeanydiffereniagood

    inddressingupasajewess.”

    ”sure,thin,darlint,”tixclaid,hwas

    translated,”ieand

    bejewess.”

    christinelaughed,blushed,shookherheadandsaid,”nonsense”

    uponhearingtiproposition.

    ”butseriously,christine,”ralphsaid,”theobjehyou

    ntiontothejeportant.fullasthe

    streetsareofsoldierslookingabout,heuldhardlyhopetogo

    froerethroughthestreets,andoutatthegate,eone

    askinghiboutthesofhisbox.”

    christineallotlepettishly,atthefailureofher

    planthatitcertainlywaslikely.

    ”therealdifficultyistogetoutsidethegate,”ralphsaid,

    thoughtfully.”afterthat,ishouldhavenofear.”

    ”areyouthinkingofdoing,then”christineasked.

    ”iyself,ihesof

    youngpeasants;andputtingtintosothingofthesasort,

    hagreatbandageroundhisface.thenishouldsaythatwewere

    tsoplaearthefrontier,ehereto

    etouruered,inbattle.that

    sn