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MISS LEICESTER and her nephew, Betty's father, were sitting together in / the library. Betty had gone to bed. It was her last night in Tideshead, / and the summer which had been so long to look forward to was spent and / gone. She had felt very sorry before she went to sleep, and thought of / many things which might have been better, but after all one could not / help being very rich and happy with so many pleasures to remember. When / she thought how many new friends she had made, and how dear all the old / ones had been, and that she had become very friendly even with Mrs. / Beck, it was a great satisfaction. And now in less than a fortnight she / was to be with Ada and Bessie Duncan and their delightful mother in / London again. She certainly had a great deal to look forward to; still / there was a wistful feeling in her heart at leaving Tideshead.
There had been a fire in the library fireplace, for the evening was / cool, and papa and Aunt Barbara sat opposite each other. Papa was / smoking, as he always did before he went to bed; and happily Miss / Leicester liked the odor of tobacco, so that they were comfortable / together. They were talking most affectionately about Betty.