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Katy had not time then to tell her mother about the candy speculation / she had in view, and she was obliged to wait till her return from / Temple Street. Promptly at the hour, she presented herself at Mrs. / Gordon's, and they went to the house of the mayor; but that / distinguished gentleman was not at home, and the lady promised to go / again with her the next day.
As she walked home, she thought of what she should say to her mother in / favor of the candy project, for she felt sure her mother's pride would / throw many obstacles in her path. The best argument she could think of / was, that the business would be an honest calling and though she was / too proud to beg, she was not too proud to work, or to take a very / humble position among the people around her. She did not look upon the / act of selling candy to the passers-by in the streets as degrading in / itself, and therein she differed very widely from her mother, who had / been brought up in ease and affluence. Before she got home she had made / up her mind what she should say, and how she should defend her plan / from the assaults of pride.