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Chapter 10

           WhenshereadjustnowtoJames,"andtherewerenumbersofsoldierswithkettledrumsandtrumpets,"andhiseyesdarkened,shethought,whyshouldtheygrowupandloseallthat?Hewasthemostgifted,themostsensitiveofherchildren.Butall,shethought,werefullofpromise.Prue,aperfectangelwiththeothers,andsometimesnow,atnightespecially,shetookone’sbreathawaywithherbeauty.Andrewevenherhusbandadmittedthathisgiftformathematicswasextraordinary.AndNancyandRoger,theywerebothwildcreaturesnow,scamperingaboutoverthecountryalldaylong.AsforRose,hermouthwastoobig,butshehadawonderfulgiftwithherhands.Iftheyhadcharades,Rosemadethedresses;madeeverything;likedbestarrangingtables,flowers,anything.ShedidnotlikeitthatJaspershouldshootbirds;butitwasonlyastage;theyallwentthroughstages.Why,sheasked,pressingherchinonJames’shead,shouldtheygrowupsofast?Whyshouldtheygotoschool?Shewouldhavelikedalwaystohavehadababy.Shewashappiestcarryingoneinherarms.Thenpeoplemightsayshewastyrannical,domineering,masterful,iftheychose;shedidnotmind.And,touchinghishairwithherlips,shethought,hewillneverbesohappyagain,butstoppedherself,rememberinghowitangeredherhusbandthatsheshouldsaythat.Still,itwastrue.Theywerehappiernowthantheywouldeverbeagain.AtenpennyteasetmadeCamhappyfordays.Sheheardthemstampingandcrowingontheflooraboveherheadthemomenttheyawoke.

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