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Then, seeing that she looked sadly at the spilt milk, he kindly said, "She won't be hard on such a mite as you are, will she? Cheer up, my ducky! never mind if she does scold you a little. I'll bring you something to-morrow that you'll like; you're such a lonely-looking thing. And if the old woman makes a row, tell her I did it. But didn't I hurt you? What were you doing with my ladder?"
"I ain't wedded to this, if you think I am; I ain't ambitious; I don't make a point of playin' the lead; I offer to, that's all, and if you can't show me better, by Gawd, I'm goin' to!" "Then the risk!" cried Davis. "If you ast me straight, I should say it was a case of seven to one, and no takers," said Huish. "But that's my look-out, ducky, and I'm gyme.
And Master Ducky submitted to his fate, while Julius looked his wonder, and asked, "Is he nursery-maid?" "Just now, since the bonne went," said Lenore. "He is a most faithful, attached servant, who will do anything for them. She does attach people deeply when the first shock is over." "I am coming to believe so," he answered. "There seem to me to be excellent elements."
"Sit up, Ducky darling, or you will be tumbling off your perch, and we do not want any more disasters this trip if we can help it," she said, adding: "Of course Father will be able to make Rupert well. The poor, dear boy is only running a temperature, you know, and the shaking of the wagon aggravates it."
"There, now, ducky, so it's true," she said. "Truth's gone to the dogs and they do what they please, and here we were guessing that you'd go free. Norableva says, 'She'll go free. I say, 'No, say I. 'No, dear, my heart tells me they'll give it her. And so it's turned out," she went on, evidently listening with pleasure to her own voice.
"Ducky Lucky never forgets." But mathematics class was uneventful. Miss Baxter ignored the twins, much to their delight, for they did not have to answer a single question. "Sally, you're coming home with us this afternoon, aren't you?" Janet called as the bell rang. "Yes; can you wait a half a shake?" Sally replied. "I have to take a paper over to Miss Simmons, but I'll meet you on the steps."
"Or drink, ducky." "Oh, you're cruel! Don't be cruel!" "I'm not cruel. If I didn't care so awfully for you, Mummy, I shouldn't mind whether he came back or didn't. You're cruel. You ought to think of Grannie and Auntie Louie and Auntie Emmy and Auntie Edie." "At the moment," said Frances, "I am thinking of Uncle Morrie."
You go first." "Nah, you go first. The fellow that's dared has got to go first. Ain't that so, Chuck? Ain't that so, Monkey?" "I'll go down if you will, on'y you gotta go first." "Er er Who all 's over at Boggs's hill?" "Oh, the whole crowd of 'em, Turkey-egg McLaughlin, and Ducky Harshberger, and Oh, I don' know who all." "Tell you what less do.
He then complained of Mr Delvile, whom he charged with defrauding him of his dues; but observing in the midst of his railing her dejection of countenance, he suddenly broke off, and looking at her with some concern, said, "what's the matter, Ducky? a'n't well? look as if you could not help it." "O yes," cried Cecilia, "I thank you, Sir, I am very well."
"Thought to be filled with explosive!" The Scotchman looked up sarcastically from the letter he was censoring. "What's it likely to be filled with?" "Marmalade, ducky," remarked the Doctor, still harping on his grievance. "In addition to that the Pumpkin desires my presence at the Centre Battalion Head-quarters at 10 ak emma." The C.O. was prodding his second egg suspiciously.
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