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because they said it would hurt them if I didn't? At first I thought he was saying that formy benefit; Uncle Ira even stopped spanking me for a minute and asked me was it true, and Maurice said, 'Sure, it wasn'ther fault; they told her they'd commit suicide or flunk their exams if she didn'thelp them, and she believed them."
"Why, that was decent of him, wasn't it?" I exclaimed. The image of Anastasia bent over the desk was much with me.
But she shook her head. "Don't yousee? As soon as he said it I realized that if Iagreed that that was how it was -- I mean onmy side of it, because I'm sure those boys never said what they did just to takeadvantage of me -- if I agreed, Uncle Ira might stop and drive Maurice away, and lose his Business and all. So, awful as it was, I had to tell a worse lie yet: I had to say it wasme that persuaded the boys to do what they did, because I wanted to fool Uncle Ira and because -- I justenjoyed doing flunkèd things!"
"He knew you better!" Max burst out.
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