`` What a glorious possible slide , '' he said . `` Let us have it , little lass . '' He took my hand and we ran down the slope and went skimming over the ice . It was glorious . The house came in sight as we reached the other side . It was big and dark and silent . `` So the old place is still standing , '' said Sidney , looking up at it . In the dusk I thought his face had a tender , reverent look instead of the rather mocking expression it had worn all along . `` Have n't you been there yet ? '' I asked quickly . `` No . I 'm stopping at the hotel over in Croyden . The house will need some fixing up before it 's fit to live in . I just came down tonight to look at it and took a short cut through the woods . I 'm glad I did . It was worth while to see you come tramping down that long white avenue when you thought yourself alone with the silence . I thought I had never seen a child so full of the pure joy of existence . Hold fast to that , little lass , as long as you can . You 'll never find anything to take its place after it goes . You jolly little child ! ''
`` I 'm eighteen , '' I XXXXX suddenly .
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