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"Allow me to go up with Miss Annabella, and perhaps save her a journey," said I. "Messages are apt to be returned and to make further errands." "Oh, but pray do not give yourself that trouble," said Miss Annabella, glancing at her mother. "Certainly not. I cannot think of it," answered Mrs Crossland, hastily.
"Tommy can run errands," put in Freddie. "He works for Mr. Fitch, our grocer, after school. He's strong, Tommy is. He gained two pounds in the country. Maybe you could hire him to run errands for you, Daddy, and pay him money." "He really is a very good boy," said Miss Carter. "If you could give him any work it would be a charity." "I'll see about it when we get home," said Mr. Bobbsey.
The scrubbing of hospital floors; the pacing of dreary streets on mechanical errands; the humblest obedience and routine; things that must be done, and in the doing of them deaden thought these were what she turned to as the only means by which life could be lived. Oliver! No hope for him? at thirty-six! His career broken his ambition defeated.
Would those stiff trees that had outlived the eagle turn young and airy pages to him, to skip on his errands when he bade them? Would the cool brook, when it was iced with winter, administer to him his warm broths and caudles when sick of an overnight's surfeit? Or would the creatures that lived in those wild woods come and lick his hand and flatter him?
We managed to introduce the password 'Happy-go-lucky' into our answer. This of course quieted suspicion; and he, at our request, guided us here, leaving his fellow-workman, as he has just told you, to do all errands at Barkingham." While these words were being spoken, I saw Screw's eyes wandering discontentedly and amazedly round the room.
She talked kindly to the vagrant artist, and took sage counsel lady as she was with the wood-sawyer, the messenger of everybody's petty errands, the patched philosopher. And Uncle Venner, who had studied the world at street-corners, and other posts equally well adapted for just observation, was as ready to give out his wisdom as a town-pump to give water.
She sent off nearly all the footmen who were on night duty to do errands in the town, so that there should be as few servants as possible to see us leave. And midnight, the hour when most of the towns-people would be asleep, she finally chose for our departure. We had to take a week's food-supply with us for the royal holiday.
Three weeks of nursing, scrubbing, minding children and running errands had not improved poor Kettles' appearance. The same old bonnet, which Pennie remembered, hung back from her head, but it was more crushed and shapeless; the big boots had large holes in them, and the bony little hand, which clasped a bottle to her chest, was more like a black claw than ever.
"I shall probably be detained here at least a fortnight. Are you willing to remain with me?" "Certainly, sir. I should not think of leaving you, sick and alone, if you desired me to stay. I hope I can make myself useful to you." "You can. I shall need you to do errands for me, and to sit with me a part of the time." "I shall be very willing to do so, sir." "You will probably find it dull."
She was already tired of aimlessly wandering along the wide, well-kept streets of Sanford, feeling herself to be quite out of things. Even errands were actual blessings sometimes, she decided, as a little later, she ran upstairs to dress. "May I wear my best suit and hat, Mother?" she called anxiously down from the head of the stairs.
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