"If Lily Norris isn't just the most provoking child that ever lived!" said Maggie Bradford, indignantly. "Yes, I believe she just is," assented Bessie. "Why," said Mrs. Rush, who was that day making a visit to Maggie's and Bessie's mamma, "how is this? Lily was the most provoking child that ever lived! I thought Lily was one of your best friends, and that you were so fond of her." "Yes, Aunt May, so we are," said Maggie. "We're very fond of Lily indeed; she's one of our dear beloveds, and we like to have her with us; but for all that, she's very trying to our patience." "Yes," sighed Bessie, "I think she's trying than any child we know; and yet she's hardly ever naughty, -really naughty, I mean." "How does she try you?" asked Mrs. Rush, though she believed she could herself have answered as to the cause of complaint.
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