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The tone of Dahlia's speaking, low and almost awful to her, laid a flat hand on her, and kept her still. "I came for my Bible," she heard Dahlia say. "I promised mother oh, my poor darling mother! And Dody lying in my bed! Who would have thought of such things? Perhaps heaven does look after us and interfere. What will become of me? Oh, you pretty innocent in your sleep!
The tone of Dahlia's speaking, low and almost awful to her, laid a flat hand on her, and kept her still. "I came for my Bible," she heard Dahlia say. "I promised mother oh, my poor darling mother! And Dody lying in my bed! Who would have thought of such things? Perhaps heaven does look after us and interfere. What will become of me? Oh, you pretty innocent in your sleep!
She shut her eyes, sometimes, and tried to fancy that she was dreaming and would waken presently, that she would hear her father rap on the window with his cowhide, and call, "Supper, Dody dear?" that it was a dream that Douglas Palmer was gone forever, that she had put him away. Had she been right? God knew; she was not sure.
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