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Linda was so surprised at this turn in the conversation that she could do nothing except blink.
"Donald is in love with someone else. He's just using you," Rose-Anne went on desperately.
"Oh!" Linda exclaimed, and in the next moment grinned broadly. "Oh, that's wonderful!" She burst out laughing at Rose-Anne's stunned expression and put out her hand to the taller women. "I'm so glad you decided to tell me. You've saved me from really putting my foot in my mouth. You see, so am Iin love with someone else, I mean, and I haven't been able to find a tactful way to tell Donald not to get too involved with me. That's why I was sneaking out of the house. I wanted to stay out of your brother's way."
Rose-Anne breathed a long sigh of relief and leaned back against the boulder. "I think that's the hardest thing I've ever done. I never told a secret of Donald's before in my life. We've been arguing about this virtually since he met you." She scowled suddenly. "He knows too much about women. He kept saying that you'd be immune to his charm. I hate to admit he was right."
"Oh, you don't have to," Linda said, smiling. "You were right. I'd have succumbed if there hadn't already been someone else, and it wasn't kind of Donald to act as if he was interested. You were perfectly right to give him hell."
"It wasn't just for fun." Rose-Anne rushed to her twin's defense. "You see, my mother

 
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