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Chapter 45.

Daisy and Demi.

I cannot feel that I've done my duty as humble historian of the March family,

without devoting at least one chapter to the two most precious and important members of it.

Daisy and Demi had now arrived at years of discretion,

friendless fast-aged babies of three or four assert their rights and get them too,

which is more than many of their elders do.

If there ever were a pair of twins in danger of being utterly spoiled by adoration,

it was these prattling brooks.

Of course, they were the most remarkable children ever born,

as will be shown when I mention that they walked at eight months,

talked fluently at twelve months, and at two years they took their places at table

and behaved with a propriety which charmed all beholders.

At three, Daisy demanded a needler, and actually made a bag with four stitches in it.

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