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"It is a long walk, my child," Papa Louis was saying; "you should not think of taking it."
"But try me, papa," Alaine persisted, "and if I tire myself there may be cars to take me in. Is it not so, Mother Michelle? Surely the Bonneaux or the Allaires or the Sicards are no stronger than I; and even if there be no room, or no cars going in the morning, I can walk."