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"Give a little love to a child, and you get a great deal / back. " -- RUSKIN.
It was very funny, after all poor Tib's great preparations, when she really saw grandpapa that she seemed as if she could say nothing. I had already run forward, and quite without thinking of pleasing him, or of anything except that I was awfully glad he was there, because I _was_ so tired of sitting still and squabbling, I called out quite loudly --