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"It is abominable hypocrisy for you to talk so, Susan; you don't care any more about the missionaries than you do about the fifth wheel of a coach," exclaimed Louise Percy, the village schoolmistress, to her friend, Susan Maylie, at whose father's house she boarded.
"Why, Louise, how rude you are! You wouldn't like it if I should talk so about you," replied Susan, an angry flush gathering upon her cheek.