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With the desire to make this last walk together as pleasant as possible, / Lloyd immediately put Bernice out of her mind as far as she was able. / But she could not rid herself entirely of the recollection that / something disagreeable had happened. The impression bore down on her / like a heavy cloud, and was a damper on her high spirits. Outwardly she / was as gay as ever, and when the walk was over, led the party on a / foraging expedition to the pantry.
Rob and Phil were almost uproarious in their merriment now, and, as they / devoured cold baked ham, pickles, cheese, beaten biscuit, and cake, they / had a fencing-match with carving-knives, and gave a ridiculous parody of / the balcony scene in "Romeo and Juliet." Mary, looking on with a / sandwich in each hand, almost choked with laughter, although she, too, / was borne down by the same feeling that depressed Lloyd, of something / very disagreeable having happened.