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Gently!" said Matlack, somewhat satirically. "Well, all right, it will be moved aside. I am satisfied, if the rest are." "Now all in favor say 'Aye,'" said Corona. They all said "Aye," except Mrs. Perkenpine, who said "Me." CHAPTER XIX MARGERY'S BREAKFAST Very early the next morning Margery pushed wide open the window of her studio chamber. The sash was a large one, and opened outward on hinges. She looked out upon the dewy foliage, she inhaled the fragrance of the moist morning air, she listened to the song of some early birds, and then, being dressed for the day, she got on a chair, stepped on the window-sill, and jumped out. She walked quietly round the cabin and went out towards the lake. She had never seen the woods so early in the day. All the space between the earth and the sky seemed filled with an intoxicating coolness. She took off her hat and carried it in her hand; the sun was not yet high enough to make it necessary to put anything between him and her. "This is what I am," said Margery to herself as she stepped blithely on. "I never knew before what I am. I am really a dryad under difficulties." Presently, to her amazement and his amazement, she saw Martin. She went towards him. "Oh, Martin," she said, "are you up so early?" He smiled. "This is not early for me," he answered. "And Mr. Matlack, is he up?" "Oh yes, he is up, and gone off to attend to some business." "Well, really!" exclaimed Margery. "I thought I was the first one out in the world to-day. And now, Martin, don't you want to do something for me? I did not think it would happen, but I am really dreadfully hungry, and couldn't you give me my breakfast now, by myself, before anybody else? I am not particular what I have--anything that is easy to get ready will do--and I would like it down at the very edge of the lake." "You shall have it!" exclaimed Martin, eagerly. "I will get it ready for you very soon, and will bring it to you. I know you like bread and butter and jam, and there is some cold meat, and I will boil you an egg and make some coffee." "That will be lovely," said Margery, "and I will go down by the lake and wait. I do believe," she said to herself as she hurried away, "that this hermit business is the only sensible thing that ever came into the head of that classic statue with the glass fronts." Very soon Martin appeared with a rug, which he said she would want if she were going to sit on the g
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