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NEST BUILDING 19*she had seen when she arrived from India.Thischild looked nicer. Even Martha had seen achange in her." Th' air from th' moor has done thee good"already," she had said. Tha'rt not nigh so yellerand tha'rt not nigh so scrawny. Even tha' hairdoesn't slamp down on tha' head so flat. It'sgot some life in it so as it sticks out a bit.""It's like me," said Mary. "It's growingstronger and fatter. I'm sure there's moreof it."" It looks it, for sure," said Martha, rufflingitup a little round her face. " Tha'rt not halfso ugly when it's that wayin tha' cheeks."an' there's a bit o' redIf <strong>garden</strong>s and fresh air had been good for herperhaps they would be good for Colin. But then,if he hated people to look at him, perhaps hewould not like to see Dickon.does make ityou angry when you areu Whylooked at? " she inquired one day." I always hated it," he answered, " even whenI was verylittle. <strong>The</strong>n when they took me tothe seaside and I used to lie in my carriage everybodyused to stare and ladies would stop and talkto my nurse and then they would begin to whisperand I knew then they were saying I shouldn't liveto grow up. <strong>The</strong>n sometimes the ladies would

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