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Updated: May 28, 2025

I am sure he must have seen my displeasure in my face, for he got up what I suppose he meant for a blush, that is he turned several shades darker than he was before, giving one the idea that he is full of black rather than red blood. I should not have remembered it, however-by it-I mean his impertinence if he had not shortly after made a really excellent address to the children.

E. (Elizabeth) Prentiss - Stepping Heavenward