Another disclaimer... I don't, I wish, Gail carson Levine does, the end.
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About a peaceful week later Hattie and Olive returned, but they weren't interested in Mandy and I, they were content to sit in my way and talk to each other.
"Did you overheard what Mother was talking about?" Olive was saying, Hattie glared, disliking her sister knowing something she didn't. "what?" she asked, finally.
Suddenly I realized we needed more strawberries, and walked into one of the pantries when I overheard something about Char's father. I stopped just inside the Pantry door to listen. "Mother says that once she gets rid of their royal highnesses," she said snottily, "that this place will be ours." I stopped, trying to make sure I heard correctly. Hattie was saying something I couldn't hear, Thankfully Olive's response was much louder. "She says that we are the next clostest relations, so if they are gone, we. . . we. . . ." She Stopped, her vocabulary obviously not big enough to remember the word, but Hattie's was, "Inherit everything?"
"Yes"
"splendid!. . . did you overhear when this was going to happen?"
"Today I think. . . " I stifled a gasp, Picked up the closest item and as casually as I could, walked out of the pantry. As soon as I was out of sight I dropped the sack of flour and ran to find Mandy.
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About a peaceful week later Hattie and Olive returned, but they weren't interested in Mandy and I, they were content to sit in my way and talk to each other.
"Did you overheard what Mother was talking about?" Olive was saying, Hattie glared, disliking her sister knowing something she didn't. "what?" she asked, finally.
Suddenly I realized we needed more strawberries, and walked into one of the pantries when I overheard something about Char's father. I stopped just inside the Pantry door to listen. "Mother says that once she gets rid of their royal highnesses," she said snottily, "that this place will be ours." I stopped, trying to make sure I heard correctly. Hattie was saying something I couldn't hear, Thankfully Olive's response was much louder. "She says that we are the next clostest relations, so if they are gone, we. . . we. . . ." She Stopped, her vocabulary obviously not big enough to remember the word, but Hattie's was, "Inherit everything?"
"Yes"
"splendid!. . . did you overhear when this was going to happen?"
"Today I think. . . " I stifled a gasp, Picked up the closest item and as casually as I could, walked out of the pantry. As soon as I was out of sight I dropped the sack of flour and ran to find Mandy.
