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Although Major Reay had taken pains to impress Jan with his abomination of practical jokers, he found himself unable to resist the temptation of joining a class he professed to detest, when he perceived an opportunity of enjoying a laugh at the expense of his children.
The idea occurred to him shortly after he had parted with Jan, while driving homewards, and before he reached the "Folly," he was its abject victim. Marion had much to say that evening concerning her brush with the village champion gossip, and she related the affair in detail with flushed cheeks and sparkling eyes, sure of her father's sympathy. But the Major, much to her surprise, instead of sharing her indignation, chuckled throughout the recital, and laughed hilariously when all was told, nor would he in anywise explain the cause of his mirth. Jack, however, was loud in his approval of the girl's action, and Marion grew to like the word "brick" as applied to herself, so evidently did it convey the boy's ne plus ultra of enthusiastic admiration.