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She gazed adoringly into Claire's face and hung breathlessly on her words, but for all her adoration there was a gulf between. Claire was the sweetest and duckiest of mistresses, but she was a mistress, a being shut off from the ordinary interests of life. When Flora said, "Isn't it jolly, we are going to have a musical party to-morrow!
"There are the duckiest little yachts I have ever seen skimming about on that stretch of water," she cried over her shoulder. "The mere sight of them makes me taste all the dust I have swallowed between here and London. Don't you think it would be real cute to remain here to-night and run into Hereford to-morrow after an early cup of tea?"
For two whole years I ate my heart out with envy of that boy, who always lived in the odor of such heavenly hot chocolate and wore two rows of shining buttons down his braided coat and was never without white gloves and morning, noon and night paraded about in the duckiest little skull-cap cocked very much to one side like a Grenadier's!"
But they don't know it was us in the aeroplane and I'm just glad of it if we did scatter their old herd for them. Everybody's so mean to me! And I was planning how you'd teach me to fly, and we'd have the duckiest times and now " She hung up so abruptly that Johnny knew as well as though he had been in the room with her, what had happened. She had heard her dad coming.
Some of the letters begin with 'Dearest, duckiest, handsomest Herby' short for Herbert; and others, 'Fondest, blondest, darlingest Micky-moo! Some end with 'A thousand and one kisses from your loving and ever devoted Francesca, and others with 'Love and kisses ad infinitum, ever your loving, thirsting, adoring one, Toosie! Nice letters from the wife of a respectable Nob Hill magnate to a married clergyman!"
"The most barefaced hint I ever heard in my life," said Lawrence. "Well, I thought I would take her a small present " "A pity you can't hold yourself in a little more," was the answer. "You must gush!" "Anyhow," Carrissima continued quite humbly, "I went to Donaldson's Phoebe, I saw the duckiest little opal brooch. I was half tempted "
It sounds unromantic, doesn't it? But it is really frightfully interesting. It is what I have always dreamed about. Mark says this is to be my reincarnation." She laughed a little as she explained what she meant. "And when I was in New York, I bought the duckiest lilac linens and ginghams, and white aprons, frilly ones. Mark says I shall look like a dairy maid in 'Robin Hood."
"Well, I should say so!" cried Mary V's thin, indignant voice in his ear. "How perfectly idiotic! I didn't want you to go, anyway. Now you'll come back to the ranch, won't you, Johnny?" The voice had turned wheedling. "We can have the duckiest times, flying around! Dad'll give you a tremendously good " "You seem to forget I owe your dad three or four thousand dollars," Johnny cut in.
My guardian has sent on the duckiest sleds all red. Williams brought them up and they're out in the garage. He's going to take charge of my part of the party." "Does Budge know?" Robin hated to admit that she had been afraid to tell Budge. She flushed ever so slightly. "N-no. At least I told her there were some extra coming.
"Now I have seen you again," said Colonel Faversham gallantly, "it becomes much more difficult than ever to believe anything of the sort." "I hope," replied Bridget, "you mean to come and see me often. Jimmy will be delighted. We have taken the duckiest little furnished flat while we look about for a house of our own."
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