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'Ah! indeed, indeed!' 'Yes, and being practical people, a result has gradually sprung up in

the les and myself which perhaps you may--or perhaps

you may not--understand Pet and her baby sister were so exactly alike,

and so cohts we have never been able

to separate them since It would be of no use to tell us that our dead

child was ato the

changes in the child spared to us and alith us As Pet has grown,

that child has grown; as Pet has become more sensible and womanly, her

sister has becorees

It would be as hard to convince me that if I was to pass into the other

world to-h the hter, just like Pet, as to persuade me that Pet herself

is not a reality at ently 'As to her,' pursued her father, 'the sudden loss of her little picture

and playfellow, and her early association with that mystery in which we

all have our equal share, but which is not often so forcibly presented

to a child, has necessarily had some influence on her character Then,

here rown-up life with us, though we have tried to adapt ourselves