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HOPE went out the next morning to make a few purchases at the village shop. Coming home she passed a wooden gate in the lane, upon which a red-haired girl sat, swinging her heels and whistling merrily.
She was a fresh-faced bonny creature to look at, though beauty had not been given to her. Her skin, which was of that very white texture that generally accompanies red hair, was much freckled. Her eyes were blue and mischievous, and her lips, which were perhaps over-large for the contour of her face, were now set in a merry smile. She jumped down from the gate when she saw Hope, and revealed herself as a tall well-grown girl of about sixteen or seventeen.