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poking and prying into things while Jane was asleep. The minute she clapped eyes on Prissy she suspected something. It wasn’t any wonder, for there was Prissy, all dressed up, with flushed cheeks and shining eyes. She was all in a quiver of excitement, and looked ten years younger.

“Priscilla Strong, you’ve been expecting Stephen Clark here this evening!“ burst out Emmeline. “You wicked, deceitful, underhanded, ungrateful creature!“

And she went on storming upon Prissy who began to cry, and looked so weak and babyish that I was frightened she would betray the whole thing.



TEXT ANNOTATION

From "The Courting of Prissy Strong.“