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Chapter 27

           butthiswasbeforeIknewherbeforeIrealizedthattherecouldbeanydifferencebetweenherandthefemalescarecrowswhosofrequentlyposeas‘novelists’withoutbeingabletowritecorrectEnglish,andwhotalkinpublicoftheir‘copy’withtheglibnessgainedfromGrubStreetandthejournalists’cheaprestaurant.YesIhadhatedherandnownow,almostIlovedher!Sibyl,tall,queenlyandbeautiful,gazeduponherwitheyesthatexpressedastonishmentaswellasadmiration.

           "TothinkthatyouarethefamousMavisClare!"shesaid,smiling,assheheldoutherhand"Ialwaysheardandknewthatyoudidnotlookatallliterary,butIneverquiterealizedthatyoucouldbeexactlywhatIseeyouare!"

           "Tolookliterarydoesnotalwaysimplythatyouareliterary!"returnedMavis,laughingalittle"ToooftenIamafraidyouwillfindthatthewomenwhotakepainstolookliteraryareignorantofliterature!ButhowgladIamtoseeyou,LadySibyl!DoyouknowIusedtowatchyouplayingaboutonthelawnsatWillowsmerewhenIwasquitealittlegirl?"

           "AndIusedtowatchyou,"respondedSibyl"Youusedtomakedaisy-chainsandcowslip-ballsinthefieldsoppositeontheothersideoftheAvon.Itisagreatpleasuretometoknowweareneighbours.YoumustcomeandseemeoftenatWillowsmere."

           Mavisdidnotanswerimmediatelyshebusiedherselfinpouringoutteaanddispensingittobothofus.

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