"You do not think I would have
permitted any power on earth to separate them from me, do you?" she
answered. "I said to him, 'They are mine, mine. Where I go, they go.
Where I stay, they stay.' He saw the justice of my argument."
"And they are with you now?" concluded Miss Tolley.
"You must come and see them," the Human Document insisted. "Such dear,
magnetic creatures. I superintend their entire education myself. We
have a cottage in Surrey. It's rather a tight fit. You see, there are
seven of us now. But the three girls can easily turn in together for a
night, Abner will be delighted."
"Abner is your second?" suggested Miss Tolley.
"My third," the Human Document corrected her. "After Eustace, I married
Ivanoff. I say 'married' because I regard it as the holiest form of
marriage. He had to return to his own country. There was a political
movement on foot. He felt it his duty to go. I want you particularly to
meet the boy. He will interest you."
Miss Tolley appeared to be getting muddled. "Whose boy?" she demanded.
"Ivanoff's," explained the Human Document.
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