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`` Yes , yes , '' cried the gentlemen simultaneously . `` Oh ! do n't denounce them , Miss Vernon , '' exclaimed Miss Marchmont pathetically . `` I could not exist without mine ; it is so interesting to read aloud from at a picnic , tennis party , or five o'clock tea . Indeed , my confession book was one of the chief sources of pleasure at Rose Cottage , was n't it , mamma ? '' and she stroked her mother 's hand caressingly . `` It was , Miranda ; and Miss Vernon must promise to write down all her secrets in your book on her return to England ; Blanche Tompkins has it in charge ; you will promise to write , Miss Vernon , wo n't you ? ''