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The tones, though quiet, were so vibrant with passionate feeling,
that Jane felt herself an eavesdropper. She hastily picked a large
magnolia leaf and, leaning out, let it fall upon his head. Garth
started, and looked up. "Hullo!" he said. "YOU--up there?"
"Yes," said Jane, laughing down at him, and speaking low lest other
casements should be open, "I--up here. You are serenading the wrong
window, dear 'devout lover.'"
"What a lot you know about it," remarked Garth, rather moodily.
"Don't I?" whispered Jane. "But you must not mind, Master Garthie,
because you know how truly I care. In old Margery's absence, you
must let me be mentor."
Garth sprang up and stood erect, looking up at her, half-amused,
half-defiant.
"Shall I climb the magnolia?" he said. "I have heaps to say to you
which cannot be shouted to the whole front of the house."
"Certainly not," replied Jane. "I don't want any Romeos coming in at
my window. 'Hoity-toity! What next?' as Aunt 'Gina would say.


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