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“How lovely!” exclaimed Roberta. “Then she could say all the things you want to but don’t dare, and believe all the things that you want to, only you are afraid people will think you’re crazy.”

“I’m afraid that if Madeline’s second self would be a drudge, yours would be a freak, Roberta,” said Mary.

“Oh, no,” answered Roberta, “she would just be delightfully clever and original.”

“Well,” said Betty, who, not being at all imaginative, had listened to the discussion in wondering silence, “for my part I’m sure one self is as much as I want to manage. Think of planning a Saturday afternoon for two people, or making out two schedules of studies!”

“I’ve thought of all that,” said Madeline, passing her plate for more dessert, “but I should have my second self vanish when she wasn’t needed, or when things were getting too complicated.”

“Evidently second selves are going to be Madeline’s next fad,” said Mary with a sigh of tolerance. “Prepare to see her catching grasshoppers with a ghostly double beside her.” She turned to Madeline. “You do get the funniest notions. What put this idea into your head?”