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Am I forguv ? Oh , do say yes , and _ do n't _ scold me ! '' Pretty Patty possessed herself of the lady 's hand and looked so penitent and so wheedlesome that Mrs. Farrington was disarmed . `` Why , of course , dear ; it was not really wrong , but young girls ought to be home by midnight at latest , I think , -- and too , ought to come home with their own people . '' `` I know it , Mrs. Farrington , I do know it . I have been brought up right -- honest , I have . But it was a special occasion , you see , and , too , my own people ran off and left me . ''