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It was not the right view to take of the case, I know, but, personally, that fact grieved me more than all the other incidents in the proceeding put together, sad though I felt these to be. After seeing it that night on Amenda's head, my pride in it was gone. "'Yes, sir, replied Amenda, still continuing her work, 'it was the first thing that came to hand.
Fortunately, they generally passed early in the morning when we were indoors, but one day, returning home to lunch, we heard distant strains dying away upon the Hythe Road. We hurried in. Ethelbertha ran down into the kitchen; it was empty! up into Amenda's bedroom; it was vacant! We called. There was no answer. "'That miserable girl has gone off again, said Ethelbertha.
I replied that I thought one female member of my household was enough in that camp at a time, and requested her not to. "In the afternoon, strolling out into the garden, I heard the faint cry of a female in distress. I listened attentively, and the cry was repeated. I thought it sounded like Amenda's voice, but where it came from I could not conceive.
"'I'm a disgrace to a decent household, she said; 'no mistress who respected herself would keep me a moment. I ought to be put out on the doorstep with my box and a month's wages. "'But why did you do it then? said Ethelbertha, with natural astonishment. "'Because I'm a helpless ninny, mum. There was no trace of bitterness or passion in Amenda's tones.
Ethelbertha ran down into the kitchen; it was empty! up into Amenda's bedroom; it was vacant! We called. There was no answer. "'That miserable girl has gone off again, said Ethelbertha. 'What a terrible misfortune it is for her. It's quite a disease. "Ethelbertha wanted me to go to Sandgate camp and inquire for her.
Saying which, my dripping friend, who had now scrambled upon deck, leant over, and following Amenda's excellent example, expressed his feelings upon the boy's head. There was one comforting reflection about the transaction as a whole, and that was that the ferry-boy had at last received a fit and proper reward for his services. I had often felt inclined to give him something myself.
"'I hope I haven't inconvenienced you, sir, she added, stepping out; 'I left the lunch all laid." Amenda's passion for soldiers was her one tribute to sentiment. When she came to us she was engaged to a pork butcher with a milkman in reserve. For Amenda's sake we dealt with the man, but we never liked him, and we liked his pork still less.
I thought it sounded like Amenda's voice, but where it came from I could not conceive. It drew nearer, however, as I approached the bottom of the garden, and at last I located it in a small wooden shed, used by the proprietor of the house as a dark room for developing photographs. "The door was locked. 'Is that you, Amenda? I cried through the keyhole. "'Yes, sir, came back the muffled answer.
Amenda's passion for soldiers was her one tribute to sentiment. When she came to us she was engaged to a pork butcher with a milkman in reserve. For Amenda's sake we dealt with the man, but we never liked him, and we liked his pork still less.
She did this as she frankly avowed to Ethelbertha to assist her family, who were prosecuting some petty law case at the time. He was a smart, steady man, a great favourite with his employers, and, out of kindly feeling towards him, they did the business for Amenda's father, charging only "out-of-pockets." Six months after the case was ended, she broke off the match.
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