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"Aunt Alice," said Patty, the next morning after breakfast, "I want to have / a little talk with you, and won't you come up to my Fairy Bower so we can / be by ourselves, -- for it's a sort of secret?"
"I will, my child," said Aunt Alice, "as soon as I've attended to a few / household duties. I'll meet you there, in about half an hour. Will your / secret keep that long?"