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"That is very curious," said Bessie: the fretfulness was very much gone out of her tone, and she stood looking at the beautiful flower, without a word, till Susan came back, when she began to show her what Miss Fosbrook had pointed out.
Baby had forgotten him, and was taken with such a fit of screaming shyness, that Susan had to take her, and Annie to play bo-peep with her, before she would let anyone's voice be heard. "I've taken you by surprise, Miss Fosbrook," said the Captain, shaking hands with her in the midst of the clatter. "Oh, it is such a pleasure!" she began. "I hope you left Mrs. Merrifield much better."
The Gibraltar man did not come on Saturday; and Miss Fosbrook had been the saving of several stamps by sending some queer little letters in her own to Mrs. Merrifield, so that on Monday morning the hoard was increased to seven-and-sixpence; although between fines and "couldn't helps," Henry's sixpence had melted down to a halfpenny, which "was not worth while."
"So that's what Bet made such a fuss about," said John; and David's face fell, as if he had really expected to see the lost pence. The next thing, after the search had been made through all the children's bed-rooms, was to go to the nursery: and thither Miss Fosbrook allowed only Susan and Sam to follow her.
He was very much distressed at the refusal; and when Miss Fosbrook told him that his brother and sister could not think of such things when they were in such trouble, he only answered, "But Hannah Higgins won't get her pig." Miss Fosbrook was vexed herself that her friend David should seem possessed with this single idea, as if it shut out all others from his mind.
And yet there was a sense of being drawn to her by their two minds understanding each other, by likeness of tastes, by pity, and by a wish to protect one whom her little world oppressed. Nurse Freeman could not be more afraid of Miss Fosbrook making favourites than she was herself.
"O Davie!" cried Annie, as soon as they were outside the gate, "sha'n't we get the pig for Hannah?" "It is my money, not yours; I shall do what I please with it," said David, rather crossly. Miss Fosbrook pulled Annie back, and desired her to let David alone; herself wondering what would be the effect of what he had seen.
And going home, they had a real good talk about their father's voyage, and how they should get on without him; and Bessie found to her great pleasure, that Sam hoped Miss Fosbrook would stay when Mamma Came home. "For I do think she has put some sense into you, Bessie," said Sam.
Bessie shed no tears; but Miss Fosbrook, who had been hindered all day by Sam's Euclid and Colenso, and had sat up till half-past eleven o'clock to make the two Sunday frocks nice enough for the journey, on going into the bed-room to lay them out for the morning, saw a little face raised from the pillow of one of the small white beds, and found her broad awake.
"Now Johnnie has cried before breakfast on a Monday morning," said Annie, "all the rest of the week will go wrong with him." "Indeed," said Miss Fosbrook, "I hope no such thing. Suppose we try and show Annie she is wrong, Johnnie!" But Johnnie was sulky, and even Susan looked as if she thought this a new and dangerous notion. Sam laughed, and said, "I wish you joy, Miss Fosbrook.
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