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Two Little Women on a Holiday by Carolyn Wells
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"But won't you go with us anywhere?" asked Bernice; "I thought you'd
take us to see places where we can't go alone."

"Bless my soul! Take a lot of chattering magpies sightseeing! No, not
if I know it! Mrs. Berry will take you; and on a pinch, I might let my
secretary accompany you, say to see the downtown big buildings or the
bright lights at night."

"Oh, do you have a secretary?" asked Alicia. "What's he like?"

"Fenn? Oh, he's a good sort. Very dependable and really accommodating.
He'll be of great help to you, I'm sure."

"What is your business, Mr. Forbes?" asked Dolly, who was much
interested in this strange type of man. She had never seen any one
like him, and he seemed to her a sort of fairy godfather, who waved
his wand and gave them all sorts of wonderful gifts.

"I haven't any business, my dear. My occupation and amusement is
collecting specimens for my collection. I am an entomologist and
ornithologist, if you know what those big words mean."

"Yes, sir, I do." And Dolly smiled back at him. "Mayn't we see your
collection?"

"I'm not sure about that, I don't show it to everybody. It is up on
the fourth floor of this house, and no one is allowed up there unless
accompanied by myself or Mr. Fenn. By the way, remember that, all of
you. On no account go up to the fourth floor. Not that you'd be likely
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