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"Ladybird and Stella Russell seem to be great cronies," observed Miss Dorinda one afternoon as she sat knitting by the window and watched the two girls walking down the garden path.
"Yes," said her sister; "and in some ways it is a good thing for Lavinia. She is so hoydenish and daring that I think a nice, quiet girl like Stella Russell will have a refining influence over her."