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"Mr. Humphreys," said Miss Priscilla Flint, "I cannot tell you how sorry I am that my niece should have been guilty of this escapade; but I beg you to believe that we regret it sincerely, and that she shall be appropriately punished."
"Oh, don't punish her! " said the young man, impetuously. "I'm very sure she had no other thought than a kind interest in her friend's welfare."