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           EveryChristmasJuliagavehermotherandherauntexpensivepresents,buttheyneverusedthem.Theyshowedthemtotheirfriendswithpride,thesewonderfulthingsthatcamefromLondon,andthenwrappedthemupintissuepaperandputthemawayincupboards.Juliahadofferedhermotheracar,butsherefusedit.Forthelittletheywentout,theycouldgoonfoot;achauffeurwouldstealtheirpetrol,ifhehadhismealsoutitcouldberuinousandifhehadtheminitwouldupsetAnnette.Annettewascook,housekeeperandhousemaid,shehadbeenwithAuntCarrieforfiveandthirtyyears.Herniecewastheretodotheroughwork,butAngelewasyoung,shewasn’tfortyyet,anditwouldhardlydotohaveamanconstantlyaboutthehouse.

           TheyputJuliainthesameroomshehadhadasagirlwhenshewaslivingwithAuntCarrieforhereducation.Itgaveherapeculiar,heart-rendingsensation,indeedforalittleitmadeherquiteemotional.Butshefellintothelifeveryeasily.AuntCarriehadbecomeaCatholiconhermarriageandMrs.Lambert,whenonlosingherhusbandshesettleddowninSt.Malo,havingreceivedinstructionsfromtheAbbe,induecoursetookthesamestep.Thetwooldladieswereverydevout.TheywenttoMasseverymorningandtoHighMassonSundays.Otherwisetheyseldomwentout.Whentheydiditwastopayaceremoniouscallonsomeoldladywhohadhadabereavementinthefamilyoroneofwhosegrandchildrenwasbecomeengaged.