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dry and the roads are dusty。  It hasn't rained for weeks and weeks。



This letter sounds as though I had hydrophobia�察�but I haven't。 I

just want some family。



Goodbye�察�my dearest Daddy。

                           I wish I knew you。

                                               Judy





                                   LOCK WILLOW��

                                           19th September

Dear Daddy��



Something has happened and I need advice。  I need it from you��

and from nobody else in the world。  Wouldn't it be possible for me

to see you�拭 �It's so much easier to talk than to write�察�and I'm

afraid your secretary might open the letter。

                                           Judy



PS。  I'm very unhappy。





                                   LOCK WILLOW��

                                               3rd October

Dear Daddy´Long´Legs��



Your note written in your own handand a pretty wobbly hand��

came this morning。  I am so sorry that you have been ill�察�I wouldn't

have bothered you with my affairs if I had known。  Yes�察�I will tell you

the trouble�察�but it's sort of complicated to write�察�and VERY PRIVATE。 

Please don't keep this letter�察�but burn it。



Before I beginhere's a cheque for one thousand dollars。 

It seems funny�察�doesn't it�察�for me to be sending a cheque to you�拭�

Where do you think I got it��



I've sold my story�察�Daddy。  It's going to be published serially

in seven parts�察�and then in a book�  �You might think I'd be wild

with joy�察�but I'm not。  I'm entirely apathetic。  Of course I'm glad

to begin paying youI owe you over two thousand more。  It's coming

in instalments。  Now don't be horrid�察�please�察�about taking it��

because it makes me happy to return it。  I owe you a great deal

more than the mere money�察�and the rest I will continue to pay all

my life in gratitude and affection。



And now�察�Daddy�察�about the other thing�察�please give me your most

worldly advice�察�whether you think I'll like it or not。



You know that I've always had a very special feeling towards you��

you sort of represented my whole family�察�but you won't mind�察�will you��

if I tell you that I have a very much more special feeling for

another man�拭 �You can probably guess without much trouble who he is。 

I suspect that my letters have been very full of Master Jervie for a

very long time。



I wish I could make you understand what he is like and how entirely

companionable we are。  We think the same about everything

I am afraid I have a tendency to make over my ideas to match his� �

But he is almost always right�察�he ought to be�察�you know��

for he has fourteen years' start of me。  In other ways�察�though��

he's just an overgrown boy�察�and he does need looking after

he hasn't any sense about wearing rubbers when it rains。  He and I

always think the same things are funny�察�and that is such a lot��

it's dreadful when two people's senses of humour are antagonistic。 

I don't believe there's any bridging that gulf��



And he isOh�察�well�  �He is just himself�察�and I miss him�察�and miss him��

and miss him。  The whole world seems empty and aching。  I hate the

moonlight because it's beautiful and he isn't here to see it with me。 

But maybe you've loved somebody�察�too�察�and you know�拭 �If you have��

I don't need to explain�察�if you haven't�察�I can't explain。



Anyway�察�that's the way I feeland I've refused to marry him。



I didn't tell him why�察�I was just dumb and miserable。  I couldn't

think of anything to say。  And now he has gone away imagining

that I want to marry Jimmie McBrideI don't in the least��

I wouldn't think of marrying Jimmie�察�he isn't grown up enough。 

But Master Jervie and I got into a dreadful muddle of misunderstanding

and we both hurt each other's feelings。  The reason I sent him

away was not because I didn't care for him�察�but because I cared

for him so much。  I was afraid he would regret it in the future

and I couldn't stand that�  �It didn't seem right for a person

of my lack of antecedents to marry into any such family as his。 

I never told him about the orphan asylum�察�and I hated to explain

that I didn't know who I was。  I may be DREADFUL�察�you know。 

And his family are proudand I'm proud�察�too��



Also�察�I felt sort of bound to you。  After having been educated

to be a writer�察�I must at least try to be one�察�it would scarcely

be fair to accept your education and then go off and not use it。 

But now that I am going to be able to pay back the money�察�I feel

that I have partially discharged that debtbesides�察�I suppose I could

keep on being a writer even if I did marry。  The two professions

are not necessarily exclusive。



I've been thinking very hard about it。  Of course he is a Socialist��

and he has unconventional ideas�察�maybe he wouldn't mind marrying into

the proletariat so much as some men might。  Perhaps when two people are

exactly in accord�察�and always happy when together and lonely when apart��

they ought not to let anything in the world stand between them。 

Of course I WANT to believe that�  �But I'd like to get your

unemotional opinion。  You probably belong to a Family also�察�and will

look at it from a worldly point of view and not just a sympathetic��

human point of viewso you see how brave I am to lay it before you。



Suppose I go to him and explain that the trouble isn't Jimmie��

but is the John Grier Homewould that be a dreadful thing for me

to do�拭 �It would take a great deal of courage。  I'd almost rather

be miserable for the rest of my life。



This happened nearly two months ago�察�I haven't heard a word from him

since he was here。  I was just getting sort of acclimated to the

feeling of a broken heart�察�when a letter came from Julia that stirred

me all up again。  She saidvery casuallythat `Uncle Jervis'

had been caught out all night in a storm when he was hunting in Canada��

and had been ill ever since with pneumonia。  And I never knew it。 

I was feeling hurt because he had just disappeared into blankness

without a word。  I think he's pretty unhappy�察�and I know I am��



What seems to you the right thing for me to do��

                                               Judy





                                               6th October

Dearest Daddy´Long´Legs��



Yes�察�certainly I'll comeat half´past four next Wednesday afternoon。 

Of COURSE I can find the way。  I've been in New York three times and am

not quite a baby。  I can't believe that I am really going to see you

I've been just THINKING you so long that it hardly seems as though

you are a tangible flesh´and´blood person。



You are awfully good�察�Daddy�察�to bother yourself with me�察�when you're

not strong。  Take care and don't catch cold。  These fall rains

are very damp。

                               Affectionately��

                                                   Judy





PS。  I've just had an awful thought。  Have you a butler�拭 �I'm afraid

of butlers�察�and if one opens the door I shall faint upon the step。 

What can I say to him�拭 �You didn't tell me your name。  Shall I ask

for Mr。 Smith��





                                       Thursday Morning

My Very Dearest Master´Jervie´Daddy´Long´Legs Pendleton´Smith��



Did you sleep last night�拭 �I didn't。 Not a single wink。  I was

too amazed and excited and bewildered and happy。  I don't believe

I ever shall sleep againor eat either。  But I hope you slept��

you must�察�you know�察�because then you will get well faster and can

come to me。



Dear Man�察�I can't bear to think how ill you've beenand all the

time I never knew it。  When the doctor came down yesterday to put

me in the cab�察�he told me that for three days they gave you up。 

Oh�察�dearest�察�if that had happened�察�the light would have gone out

of the world for me。  I suppose that some day in the far future

one of us must leave the other�察�but at least we shall have had

our happiness and there will be memories to live with。



I meant to cheer you upand instead I have to cheer myself。 

For in spite of being happier than I ever dreamed I could be��

I'm also soberer。  The fear that something may happen rests like

a shadow on my heart。  Always before I could be frivolous and

care´free and unconcerned�察�because I had nothing precious to lose。 

But nowI shall have a Great Big Worry all the rest of my life。 

Whenever you are away from me I shall be thinking of all the automobiles

that can run over you�察�or the sign´boards that can fall on your head��

or the dreadful�察�squirmy germs that you may be swallowing。  My peace

of mind is gone for everbut anyway�察�I never cared much for just

plain peace。



Please get wellfastfastfast。  I want to have you close

by where I can touch you and make sure you are tangible。  Such a

little half hour we had together�  �I'm afraid maybe I dreamed it。 

If I were only a member of your family ��a very distant fourth cousin��

then I could come and visit you every day�察�and read aloud and plump up

your pillow and smooth out those two little wrinkles in your forehead

and make the corners of your mouth turn up in a nice cheerful smile。 

But you are cheerful again�察�aren't you�拭 �You were yesterday before

I left。  The doctor said I must be a good nurse�察�that you looked

ten years younger。  I hope that being in love doesn't make every

one ten years younger。  Will you still care for me�察�darling�察�if I

turn out to be only eleven��



Yesterday was the most wonderful day that could ever happen。 

If I live to be ninety´nine I shall never forget the tiniest detail。 

The girl that left Lock Willow at dawn was a very different person from

the one who came back at night。  Mrs。 Semple called me at half´past four。 

I started wide awake in the darkness and the first thought that

popped into my head was�察 �I am going to see Daddy´Long´Legs��' I ate

breakfast in the kitchen by candle´light�察�and then drove the five

miles to the station through the most glorious October colouring。 

The sun came up on the way�察�and the swamp map
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