He asked me to recommend him one , and I promised to look out for a suitable boy . Would you like the place , Tommy ? And will you promise to be a very good boy and learn to be respectable if I ask my brother to give you a trial and a chance to make something of yourself ? '' `` Oh , Miss Octavia ! '' gasped Tommy . He wondered if he were simply having a beautiful dream . But it was no dream . And it was all arranged later on . No one rejoiced more heartily in Tommy 's success than Bessie . `` But I 'll miss you dreadfully , Tommy , '' she said wistfully . `` Oh , I 'll be home every Saturday night , and we 'll have Sunday together , except when I 've got to go to Sunday school . 'Cause Miss Octavia says I must , '' said Tommy comfortingly . `` And the rest of the time you 'll have Roselle Geraldine . '' `` Yes , I know , '' said Bessie , giving the blue-silk doll a fond kiss , `` and she 's just lovely . But she ai n't as nice as you , Tommy , for all . '' Then was Tommy 's cup of happiness full . Charlotte 's Ladies Just as soon as dinner was over at the asylum , Charlotte sped away to the gap in the fence -- the northwest corner gap . There was a gap in the southeast corner , too -- the asylum fence was in a rather poor condition -- but the southeast gap was interesting only after tea , and it was never at any time quite as interesting as the northwest gap . Charlotte ran as fast as her legs could carry her , for she did not want any of the other orphans to see her . As a rule , Charlotte liked the company of the other orphans and was a favourite with them .
But , somehow , she did not XXXXX them to know about the gaps .
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