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The Solitary Summer
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Elizabeth Von Arnim
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The
first
day
he
came
I
was
afraid
they
would
be
very
shy
of
such
a
big
strange
man,
and
that
he
would
extract
nothing
from
them
but
tears;
but
the
moment
I
left
them
alone
together
and
as
I
shut
the
door,
I
heard
them
eagerly
informing
him,
by
way
of
opening
the
friendship,
that
their
heads
were
washed
every
Saturday
night,
and
that
their
hair-ribbons
did
not
match
because
there
had
not
been
enough
of
the
one
sort
to
go
round.
I
went
away
hoping
that
they
would
not
think
it
necessary
to
tell
him
how
often
my
head
is
washed,
or
any
other
news
of
a
personal
nature
about
me;
but
I
believe
by
this
time
that
man
knows
everything
there
is
to
know
about
the
details
of
my
morning
toilet,
which
is
daily
watched
with
the
greatest
interest
by
the
Three.
I
hope
he
will
be
more
successful
than
I
was
in
teaching
them
Bible
stories.
I
never
got
farther
than
Noah,
at
which
stage
their
questions
became
so
searching
as
to
completely
confound
me;
and
as
no
one
likes
being
confounded,
and
it
is
especially
regrettable
when
a
parent
is
placed
in
such
a
position,
I
brought
the
course
to
an
abrupt
end
by
assuming
that
owl-like
air
of
wisdom
peculiar
to
infallibility
in
a
corner,
and
telling
them
that
they
were
too
young
to
understand
these
things
for
the
present;
and
they,
having
a
touching
faith
in
the
truth
of
every
word
I
say,
gave
three
contented
little
purrs
of
assent,
and
proposed
that
we
should
play
instead
at
rolling
down
the
grass
bank
under
the
south
windows--which
I
did
not
do,
I
am
glad
to
remember.
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