ed up now, and something in his
daughter's face made him put down his book. She was no longer only a
playmate; her face was very grave and sweet. "I must try not to scurry
about the world as I have done," he thought, as he glanced at Betty
again and again. "We ought to have a home, both of us; her mother would
have known. A girl should grow up in a home, and get a girl's best life
out of the cares and pleasures of it."

"I am afraid you won't wish to come down to the hospitalities of
lodgings this winter," said Mr. Leicester. "Perhaps we had better look
for a comfortable house of our own near the Duncans."

"Oh, we're sure to have the best of good times!" said Betty cheerfully,
as if there were danger of his being low-spirited. "We must wait about
all that, papa, dear, until we are in London."

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Transcriber's Notes:

Page 10, "fee" changed to "feel" (You don't feel)

Page 10, "grand-aunts" changed to "grandaunts" to match rest of usage
(my grandaunts this summer)

Page 36, "upstairs" changed to "up-stairs" to match rest of usage (Now
run up-stairs)

Page 124, "something'" changed to "somethin'" (somethin' else that)

Page 124, single quotation mark changed to double (from our house,")

Page 128, period added (Betty herself would.)

Page 134, opening quotation mark added ("But your Aunt Mary)

Page 154, period changed to a comma (a darlin' gal,")

Page 159, "grand-niece" changed to "grandniece" to match rest of usage
(my grandniece, sometimes)

Page 163, period added (answered Betty humbly.)

Page 287, single quotation mark changed to double (lodgings this
winter,")

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