Chapter 18 AUNT DOROTHEA.

"You must come down with me for one day, Tom, to see an old aunt of mine at Bournemouth," said Hunter to young Dill. "I never omitted going to see her the first thing whenever I landed in England, and she 'll not forgive me if I were to do so now."

"But why should I go, sir? My presence would only trouble the comfort of a family meeting."

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