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THE BOUQUET. 113
for a long toilet, — and Henry was finishing his
bouquet, suddenly they heard a shrill whistle.
" There," said Sarah,
" I am too late !
" and it
would have been too late, sure enough, had it
been the whistle of the train they supposed it
was,
but luckily it was that of a freight train.
" Never mind," said Henry, who by this time
saw the train coming round the hill at a dis
"
tance, it is the freight train. You will have
time enough."
But I, dear reader, have only time enough,
and spare room enough, to say that the bouquet
was delivered in good time and in good condi
tion, and most thankfully received ; and that, if
it did not feed the body or enrich the intellect, it
warmed a heart that was apt to grow cold and
frigid, and made it feel a little more nearly
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