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Chapter 2

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"WhathappenedinWahine?"sheasked."Youweregoneanawfullongtime."

"ItookthehorsewhiptothatblastedDagoandthrewhimintothehorsetrough,foronething.ThenInoticedMacLeodstandingoutsidehisshopwatching,soItoldhimwhathadhappened.MacLeodmusteredsomeofthechapsatthepubandwethrewthewholelotofthoseDagosintothehorsetrough,womentoo,andtippedafewgallonsofsheep-dipintoit.ThenIwentdowntotheschoolandsawSisterAgatha,andItellyou,shewasfittobetiedthatshehadn’tnoticedanything.ShehauledtheDagogirloutofherdesktolookinherhair,andsureenough,liceallovertheplace.Soshesentthegirlhomeandtoldhernottocomebackuntilherheadwasclean.IleftherandSisterDeclanandSisterCatherinelookingthrougheveryheadintheschool,andthereturnedouttobealotoflousyones.Thosethreenunswerescratchingthemselveslikemadwhentheythoughtnoonewaswatching."Hegrinnedatthememory,thenhesawMeggie’sheadagainandsobered.Hestaredathergrimly."Asforyou,younglady,nomoreDagosoranyoneexceptyourbrothers.Iftheyaren’tgoodenoughforyou,toobad.Bob,I’mtellingyouthatMeggie’stohavenothingtodowithanyoneexceptyouandtheboyswhileshe’satschool,doyouhear?"