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Don't forget him when you go by again." Grabbing Allee by the arm, she whisked away to where her friends were waiting, fearful lest they might not approve of her impulsive action; so before they had a chance to speak a word either of blame or praise, she began, excusingly, "Just s'posing we all had our eyes punched out so's we couldn't see, and had to sit on street corners and grind out music all day long.
"Who gave you permission to get things on credit?" asked she. "I bought it with my own money," Ditte whispered. Own money then began a cross-examination, which looked as if it would never end. Lars Peter had to interfere. There was no fire in the room, so they went early to bed; Ditte had forgotten the fire. "She's had enough to do," said Lars Peter excusingly.
In fact, he dwelt on a sort of pedestal, from the hight of which he looked calmly and excusingly down on weaker mortals. This, until to-night: now he realized, in a confused, blundering sort of way, that his pedestal had crumbled, or that he had tumbled from its hight, or at least that something new and strange had happened. For instance, what had become of his powers of discernment?
Lars Peter bent his head on hearing her hard words. But it was all quite true; except for strict necessities, they had never money to spare. "There's so much wanted, and everything's so dear," said he excusingly. "There's no trade either! We must just have patience, till it comes round again." "You with your patience and patience maybe we can live on your being patient and content?
It isn't such a bad place. I was brought out there to marry, and I married. I've found it very satisfactory. 'You always did say exactly what you thought, Helena, said Mrs. Morgan excusingly. 'I haven't much patience with people who bring their daughters out to give them the chance they never would have in England, and then go about devoutly hoping they won't marry in India, I said.
Anna opined that the easiest way to get him out of these "tantrums" was to bribe him with the offer of a large piece of chocolate. "He's only a baby," she would say excusingly, "and besides, he's a boy it's in him and it's got to come out, same as a measle rash. You'd think there'd be some med'cin for it, wouldn't you?"
"Oh, but the poor man is that busy!" murmured Morton excusingly as she hurried obediently out of the room. "Now, mind you don't muss that beautiful veil." But after a half hour of futile attempt to get into communication with Carter, Starr suddenly appeared in her door calling for her faithful nurse again. "Mortie!" she called excitedly. "Come here quick! I've ordered the electric.
Kitty recalled Betty's letter, and her heart sank. She became so white, and looked so troubled, that the doctor tried to comfort her. "Whatever she may have said or done," he explained excusingly, "she did in utter ignorance, of course, of any ill result being likely to follow, and she cannot be blamed entirely for the disaster. Mrs.
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