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"Now, children," said Aunt Rachel, as they all went into the library, after breakfast, "you may play around as you choose, but I don't want you to go off the premises without permission. No more wading in the brook, and coming home looking disreputable. You may go to our wood, or anywhere on the place, and stay as long as you like, provided you are here and properly tidy at meal-times But outside the gates, without permission, you must not go: Can I trust you?"
"Yes, indeed, Aunt Rachel," said Dick; "I'm sure we don't want to go anywhere else, with all this beautiful place to play in. Why, we haven't half explored it yet. Pat says there are thirty acres! Think of that!"