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'I shall be too glad. But what do you think I have come for, ma'am? Guess, ma'am. 'I really cannot guess, ma'am, said Mrs. Orange. 'Why, I am going to have a small juvenile party to-night, said Mrs. Alicumpaine; 'and if you and Mr. Orange and baby would but join us, we should be complete. 'More than charmed, I am sure! said Mrs. Orange. 'So kind of you! said Mrs. Alicumpaine.
Alicumpaine dropped upon a sofa, and said to Mrs. Orange, 'These children will be the death of me at last, ma'am, they will indeed! 'I quite adore them, ma'am, said Mrs. Orange; 'but they DO want variety. Mr. Orange got his hat, and Mrs. Orange got her bonnet and her baby, and they set out to walk home. They had to pass Mrs. Lemon's preparatory establishment on their way.
Alicumpaine. 'They are making speeches, and playing at parliament, said Mrs. Alicumpaine to Mrs. Orange. On hearing this, Mrs. Orange set off once more back again to Mr. Orange, and said, 'James dear, do come. The children are playing at parliament. 'Thank you, my dear, said Mr. Orange, 'but I don't care about parliament myself. So Mrs. Orange went once again without Mr.
I shall be truly sorry to do it; but, if you put yourself in everybody's way, I must positively send you home. One boy, with a beard and a large white waistcoat, who stood straddling on the hearth-rug warming his coat-tails, WAS sent home. 'Highly incorrect, my dear, said Mrs. Alicumpaine, handing him out of the room, 'and I cannot permit it.
Here's the supper for the darlings, ready laid in the room behind the folding-doors. Here's their little pickled salmon, I do declare! And here's their little salad, and their little roast beef and fowls, and their little pastry, and their wee, wee, wee champagne! 'Yes, I thought it best, ma'am, said Mrs. Alicumpaine, 'that they should have their supper by themselves.
Just then another lady, named Mrs. Alicumpaine, came calling at the street-door with a ring-ting-ting. 'My dear Mrs. Alicumpaine, said Mrs. Orange, 'how do you do? Pray stay to dinner. We have but a simple joint of sweet-stuff, followed by a plain dish of bread and treacle; but, if you will take us as you find us, it will be SO kind! 'Don't mention it, said Mrs. Alicumpaine.
Orange carved the joint of sweet-stuff, he said, 'It's a poor heart that never rejoices. Jane, go down to the cellar, and fetch a bottle of the Upest ginger-beer. At tea-time, Mr. and Mrs. Orange, and baby, and Mrs. Alicumpaine went off to Mrs. Alicumpaine's house. The children had not come yet; but the ball-room was ready for them, decorated with paper flowers. 'How very sweet! said Mrs.
The first of them was a stout boy, with a white top-knot and spectacles. The housemaid brought him in and said, 'Compliments, and at what time was he to be fetched! Mrs. Alicumpaine said, 'Not a moment later than ten. How do you do, sir? Go and sit down. Then a number of other children came; boys by themselves, and girls by themselves, and boys and girls together. They didn't behave at all well.
They were trying children, that's the truth. First, they wouldn't sing when they were asked; and then, when everybody fully believed they wouldn't, they would. 'If you serve us so any more, my love, said Mrs. Alicumpaine to a tall child, with a good deal of white back, in mauve silk trimmed with lace, 'it will be my painful privilege to offer you a bed, and to send you to it immediately.
Four tiresome fat boys WOULD stand in the doorway, and talk about the newspapers, till Mrs. Alicumpaine went to them and said, 'My dears, I really cannot allow you to prevent people from coming in.
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