... up. He sank back on his pillows and reasoned things out for himself the best way he could. "To make amends" he felt sure meant to make up. To make up for something given or suffered,—perhaps that was what a Rec-om-pense was. For something given or suffered—like legs, maybe? Limp, no-good-legs that wouldn't go? Could there be a Rec-om-pense for those? Could ... — The Very Small Person • Annie Hamilton Donnell
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