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The Little Blue Devil
indignant attempt to begin again, then broke off abruptly and turned away. She felt suddenly cold and ill. Why did Aunt Rosa look at her as if she were—almost evil? A fear she could not formulate knocked at her heart, and not all Uncle Markham's solicitude served to drive it away.