A Little Princess

staring, and quite losing her breath.

“You MAKE up stories!” she gasped. “Can you do that—as well as speak French? CAN you?”

Sara looked at her in simple surprise.

“Why, anyone can make up things,” she said. “Have you never tried?”

She put her hand warningly on Ermengarde’s.

“Let us go very quietly to the door,” she whispered, “and then I will open it quite suddenly; perhaps we may catch her.”

She was half laughing,


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staring, and quite losing her breath.

“You MAKE up stories!” she gasped. “Can you do that—as well as speak French? CAN you?”

Sara looked at her in simple surprise.

“Why, anyone can make up things,” she said. “Have you never tried?”

She put her hand warningly on Ermengarde’s.

“Let us go very quietly to the door,” she whispered, “and then I will open it quite suddenly; perhaps we may catch her.”

She was half laughing,


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