One Moment in Time

One Moment in Time
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Red Hat Girl
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Agnes said she was afraid I must have given her an unpromising character; but Dora corrected that directly. ¡¡¡¡'Oh no!' she said, shaking her curls at me; 'it was all praise. He thinks so much of your opinion, that I was quite afraid of it.' ¡¡¡¡'My good opinion cannot strengthen his attachment to some people whom he knows,' said Agnes, with a smile; 'it is not worth their having.' ¡¡¡¡'But please let me have it,' said Dora, in her coaxing way, 'if you can!' ¡¡¡¡We made merry about Dora's wanting to be liked, and Dora said I was a goose, and she didn't like me at any rate, and the short evening flew away on gossamer-wings. The time was at hand when the coach was to call for us. I was standing alone before the fire, when Dora came stealing softly in, to give me that usual precious
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, and her little right hand idly busying itself with one of the buttons of my coat, 'I might have been more clever perhaps?' ¡¡¡¡'My love!' said I, 'what nonsense!' ¡¡¡¡'Do you think it is nonsense?' returned Dora, without looking at me. 'Are you sure it is?' ¡¡¡¡'Of course I am!' 'I have forgotten,' said Dora, still turning the button round and round, 'what relation Agnes is to you, you dear bad boy.' ¡¡¡¡'No blood-relation,' I replied; 'but we were brought up together, like brother and sister.'