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_"I think I've told you everything. I've tried to imagine all the
questions you would want to ask--and to supply the answers!_
_"Ever your affectionate brother,_
_"ROBIN._"
Ann laid the letter down on her knee and sat looking out across the lake
with eyes which held a curious mixture of pleasure and regret. The idea of
sharing life once more with Robin filled her with undiluted joy, but she
was conscious that the thought of leaving Lady Susan and dear, gunny
Switzerland created an actual little ache in her heart. She could quite
imagine feeling rather homesick for Lady Susan's kindly presence, and for
the Swiss mountains and the blue lake which lay smiling and dimpling at her
now in the brilliant sunlight.
Her glance lingered on the lake. She had not been on the water since the
Venetian fete, nearly three weeks ago, owing primarily to the destruction
of the _Reve_, and secondly to Lady Susan's incurable aversion to a hired
boat. "They roll, my dear," she asserted, when Ann vainly tried to tempt
her into giving the hireling a chance. "And the cushions have villainous
lumps in sundry places. No, I'll stay on shore till we have a new boat of
our own.
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