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well-regulated Avonlea farm instead of being an unheard-of innovation.

R. This had been done without her advice being asked and must perforce be disapproved.

S. – the mail-man brought it from the station –

T. And I know another case where an adopted boy used to suck the eggs – they couldn’t break him of it.

U. There’s risks in people having children of their own if it comes to that – they don’t always turn out well.

V. as if poisoning wells were a purely feminine accomplishment and not to be dreaded in the case of a boy,