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But I should never like our own room, in
which Prince George sat so home-like with us, to belong to another."
"No, no--we will keep our own snug home," replied John with earnestness.
And so they did, living on quietly as of old; and the only display ever
made by Lady Duddlestone was, that whenever she went to church or to
market, she always wore the Queen's big gold watch.

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Language Lesson.--Let pupils use other words to express the meaning of
what is given below in dark type.
You'd _best keep_ alive.
It's been _grand_ to see.
_Then you need not_.
You're _nearly crazed to go_.
_Attendant_ is made up of two parts--the stem, _attend_, and the
ending, _ant_ (meaning one who).
The meaning of the word _attendant_ is _one who attends_.
Make out an _analysis_ of the last two lessons, and use it in telling
the story in your own words.

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LESSON XXXV.

pre sume', _suppose; think without being sure_.
mus'cles, _those parts of the body which give us
motion, and by which we exert our strength_.


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