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           WithRogerinthehouseshewasdeterminedthatthereshouldbenononsensebetweenherandTom;decencyforbade.Butitwouldbeheaventospendnearlyalldaywithhim.WhenshehadmatineeshecouldamusehimselfwithRoger.

           Butthingsdidnotturnoutatallassheexpected.IthadneveroccurredtoherthatRogerandTomwouldtakeagreatfancytooneanother.Therewerefiveyearsbetweenthemandshethought,orwouldhaveifshehadthoughtaboutitatall,thatTomwouldlookuponRogerasahobbledehoy,*quiteniceofcourse,butwhomyoutreatedassuch,whofetchedandcarriedforyouandwhomyoutoldtogoandplaywhenyoudidnotwanttobebotheredwithhim.Rogerwasseventeen.Hewasanice-lookingboy,withreddishhairandblueeyes,butthatwasthebestyoucouldsayofhim.Hehadneitherhismother’svivacityandchangingexpressionnorhisfather’sbeautyoffeature.Juliawassomewhatdisappointedinhim.Asachildwhenshehadbeensoconstantlyphotographedwithhimhewaslovely.Hewasratherstolidnowandhehadaseriouslook.Reallywhenyoucametoexaminehimhisonlygoodfeatureswerehisteethandhishair.Juliawasveryfondofhim,butshecouldnotbutfindhimatrifledull.Whenshewasalonewithhimthetimehungsomewhatheavilyonherhands.Sheexhibitedalivelyinterestinthethingsshesupposedmustinteresthim,cricketandsuchlike,buthedidnotseemtohavemuchtosayaboutthem.Shewasafraidhewasnotveryintelligent.

           "Ofcoursehe’syoung,"shesaidhopefully.