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I told her, too, that I should never do so
again, and that I hoped she and her
father would forgive me.

‘* But the falsehood 2”? said Amanda,
inquiringly.

‘*Qh, I did not tell any falsehood,” I
replied.

‘“* Why, didn’t you say that you had
not eaten any of the watermelons ?”

* Yes,”

‘But now you own that you did eat
some of them.”

_“T said, at. first, that I didn’t eat any
watermelons. ‘That was true. I didn’t
eat but one.”’ |

“Is it possible that Frank can quibble