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Book, page 31 / 186 and I can only stand by and help all we can while he fights this battle for himself." There was a long pause while Mrs. Hamilton looked thoughtfully out of the window as though facing problems harder than she could solve, and Ruth racked her brain to think of something encouraging to say. "If I could only help I should be very glad," she said at last, timidly. "I am sure you would," answered Mrs. Hamilton with a grateful kiss. "And now what are your plans for this afternoon?" she added brightly. "Oh, the girls are coming in, and I am going to try to get really acquainted with them. It's so interesting to have three new friends at the same time." "They are very nice girls, and each so different from the other that I sometimes wonder why they are such close friends." "I am just a little bit afraid of Charlotte still," confessed Ruth. "She seems to know so much, and she makes such funny, sharp speeches. But I feel as though I'd known Betty for years." "Poor Charlotte has had a different sort of life from the others," said Mrs. Hamilton with a sigh, "and it has helped to bring out the sharp comers in her nature. Her mother is an invalid, and Charlotte has had a great deal of care and responsibility." "Betty thinks everything that Charlotte does is just right," said Ruth. "Betty is one of the most loyal friends imaginable. She puts her dearest friends on pedestals, and bestows her time and her services freely upon them. I've known her ever since she was a baby, and she has always been the same sunshiny little soul." "She just suits me because she always has a kitten or two trailing after her," said Ruth. with a laugh. "Dorothy's a dear, too, and in fact I'm sure we are all going to be such good chums that I shan't know which one I like best."
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