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"Mamma," said Ethelyn, the next morning at breakfast, "I'm going to take a / holiday from lessons to-day, because Patricia has just come, and she / doesn't want to begin to study right away."
"Indeed, miss, you'll do nothing of the sort," replied her mother; "you had / a holiday yesterday because Patricia was coming; and one the day before, on / account of Mabel Miller's tea; and you had holiday all last week because of / the Fancy Bazaar. When do you expect to learn anything?"