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She was writing a letter to Uncle Charlie, I think it was and I and Petunia asked her if she liked it here and she sort of looked at me without looking, same as you do sometimes, Mr. Winslow, when you're thinking of something else, and then she said that about the catty no, the purr-gatory.
And when I asked her what purr-gatory meant she said, 'Never mind, and. . . . Oh, I forgot!" in consternation; "she told me I mustn't tell anybody she said it, either. Oh, dear me!" Jed hastened to reassure her. "Never mind," he declared, "I'll forget you ever did say it. I'll start in forgettin' now. In five minutes or so I'll have forgot two words of it already.
Mew mouse milk " she was wrinkling her forehead and repeating the words to herself when Mr. Winslow had an inspiration. "'Twan't purgatory, was it?" he suggested. Miss Barbara's head bobbed enthusiastically. "Purr-gatory, that was it," she declared. "And it was something a cat does purr, you know; I knew it was. Mamma said living here was paradise after purr-gatory." Jed rubbed his chin.
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