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    And before tually came. Mrs Stelling ation for ttle girl to come and stay ulliver drove over to Kings Lorton late in October, Maggie came too,  saking a great journey and beginning to see t ullivers first visit to see tom, for t learn not to too muc home.

    `ell, my lad, o tom, o announce to o kiss tom freely, `you look rarely! Sch you.--

    tom wisher ill.

    `I dont tom. `I  to let me do Euclid - it brings on toothink.

    (tooto wom .)

    `Euclid, my lad - ? said Mr tulliver.

    `O I dont knos definitions and axioms and triangles and ts a book Ive got to learn in - t.

    `Go, go! said Mr tulliver, reprovingly, `you mustnt say so. You must learn er tells you.  its rigo learn.

    `Ill om, said Maggie, tle air of patronising consolation. `Im come to stay ever so long, if Mrs Stelling asks me. Ive broug I, father?

    `You tle tom, in sucs at t, t e enjoyed to see you doing one of my lessons! in too! Girls never learn sucoo silly.

    `I knoin is very ly. `Latins a language. tin ionary. t.

    `No om, secretly astonis quot;bonusquot; means quot;good,quot; as it happens - bonus, bona, bonum.

    `ell, ts no reason ;gift,quot;  said Maggie, stoutly. `It may mean several t every  means t, as uff pocket-handkerchiefs are made of.

    `ell done, little un, said Mr tulliver, laugom felt rated  t t so stay  ual inspection of his books.

    Mrs Stelling, in ation, did not mention a longer time tay, but Mr Stelling,  s stay a f