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benevolence, which is not quite enough to break 

 me, and is really to be executed in an economical 

 manner. " Would n't that be nice ? " 



" O yes ! And where is the money to come 

 from?" 



" I thought we had agreed to sell the straw- 

 berries." 



" Certainly. But I think we would make 

 more money if we sold the plants now." 



" Well," said Polly, concluding the whole mat- 

 ter, " I am going to do it." And, having thus 

 " consulted " me, Polly goes away ; and I put in 

 the turnip-seeds quite thick, determined to raise 

 enough to sell. But not even this mercenary 

 thought can ruffle my mind as I rake off the 

 loamy bed. I notice, however, that the spring 

 smell has gone out of the dirt. That went into 

 the first crop. 



In this peaceful unison with yielding nature, I 

 was a little taken aback to find that a new enemy 



