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CHAPTER IV THE PIPER PIPES
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Rilla's first party was a triumph—or so it seemed at first. She had so many partners that she had to split her dances. Her silver slippers1 seemed verily to dance of themselves and though they continued to pinch her toes and blister2 her heels that did not interfere3 with her enjoyment4 in the least. Ethel Reese gave her a bad ten minutes by beckoning5 her mysteriously out of the pavilion and whispering, with a Reese-like smirk6, that her dress gaped7 behind and that there was a stain on the flounce. Rilla rushed miserably8 to the room in the lighthouse which was fitted up for a temporary ladies' dressing-room, and discovered that the stain was merely a tiny grass smear10 and that the gap was equally tiny where a hook had pulled loose. Irene Howard fastened it up for her and gave her some over-sweet, condescending11 compliments. Rilla felt flattered by Irene's condescension12. She was an Upper Glen girl of nineteen who seemed to like the society of the younger girls—spiteful friends said because she could queen it over them without rivalry13. But Rilla thought Irene quite wonderful and loved her for her patronage14. Irene was pretty and
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enjoyment
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condescension
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rivalry
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patronage
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gaily
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throng
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Ford
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caressing
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爱抚的,表现爱情的,亲切的 | |
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crest
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rhythmic
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disturbance
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jack
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presage
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hurrah
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int.好哇,万岁,乌拉 | |
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lurch
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hoist
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caper
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miller
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lobster
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passionately
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pebbly
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