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[_SUSIE, sliding off her chair at back, comes forward._
SUSIE. Now, it's my turn! You can't chuck me!
JINNY. [_Trying not to laugh._] Susie! where did you come from and _what
do_ you mean?
SUSIE. Oh, you give me a pain!--I went up the aisle with you to-day,
too--what's the matter with telling me how to get married!
JINNY. I'll tell you this, your language is dreadful; where do you get
all the boy's slang? You don't talk like a lady.
SUSIE. I'm not a lady. I'm a little girl!
JINNY. You _talk_ much more like a common boy.
SUSIE. Well, I'd rather _be_ a _boy_!
JINNY. Susie, I shall tell Aunt Laura her daughter needs looking after.
SUSIE. Oh, very well, cousin Jinny. If you're going to make trouble,
why, forget it!
[_Turns and goes out haughtily, Right._
JINNY. [_Going to the double doors, calls._] Now you can come in, Jack.
[_AUSTIN enters._
AUSTIN. And now I've only time to say good-by. All your guests have gone
except the Cullinghams, who are upstairs with your mother, looking at
the presents.
GERTRUDE. Come! All hands around him!
[_The five GIRLS join hands, with AUSTIN in the centre.
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