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from Jean to Bettie, from Bettie to Marjory, from Marjory to Mabel, and from Mabel back again to Jean said even more plainly: "Now there'll be somebody to care for Mrs. Crane, now there'll be somebody to make a home for lonely Mr. Black."

And indeed, subsequent events proved that it was a beautiful arrangement for everybody, besides being quite the most astonishing thing that had happened in the history of Lakeville.