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It'll be on the table, with dumplings to match and a big apple-tart, sharp at one o'clock. I might ha' guessed that some o' them dear little missies were coming to dinner, for I don't always have a hot joint like this in the middle o' the week."
I am so miserable and frightened! I wonder if it's Sylvia and Hester who are in your house?" "Yes, they be the missies, and dear little things they be." "And have they told you anything?" asked Sibyl. "Well, yes; they have set me a conundrum a mighty stiff one.
"She's an old tub," said Jack to the girls, "but she's in better shape than she was when you were here afore, Missies." And indeed the Mary Ellen did seem so. A new coat of paint added as much to her appearance, as a new dress and hat does to a young lady, though Mary Ellen could no longer be classed as young.
He came before mas'r up, quite promiskius," said Jumbo, who loved a long word. "I tell him, wait till mas'r be dress, and took him to summer parlour. He see little missies out in garden; ask what chil'ren it was. His Hounour's sisters, Miss Fay, Missie Letty, Missie Amy, I say! His Honour wonder.
Well, well, 'tis a long tramp back to Owston: so here's wishing you good night, missies all. If I take back no money, and no pay but a pint of sour cider, I've seen the prettiest picter in all Lincolnshire; so we'll count it a holiday." He was gone.
I've given myself an appetite on purpose; for I would hardly touch any breakfast, and at dinner I took the very teeniest bit." "And so did I," said Sylvia in a low tone. "And I also," remarked Hester. "Well, missies, I ha' got the best tea I could think of, and right glad we are to see you. You haven't spoken to poor Ben yet, missie." Here Mrs.
Before they knew it they found themselves in front of the lone hut where, from the odor that hung in the air, and the evidence of nets and boats about, it was evident a fisherman dwelt. As the girls came opposite this, the door opened and a woman, with a hard, cruel face, peered out. "Ah, little missies!" she croaked, "it's a fine morning for a walk, but you must be tired.
"And did Missy Katy never ask about it afterward?" inquired the mother. "No, she never has said a word about it." "O well, she don't care. There are some young missies with tender hearts that do take a good deal of pains to teach poor slaves to read; but she isn't so, nor any of massa's family, if he is a minister. He don't care any more about us than he does about his horses.
"Of course we couldn't tell," said Sylvia, "not having been there; but Betty, who is always very wise, said it was best be on the safe side, and that perhaps the packet contained money, and if it did we'd have enough to live on in case we chose to run away." "Oh, missies, did I ever hear tell o' the like! To run away from a beautiful school like Haddo Court!
"You had best stay quiet, missies; just sit there in the bottom of the boat, and let me push ahead." "Then I will hold the candle," said Nora. "Right you are, miss." She took it into her cold fingers. Her heart was beating high with suppressed excitement; she had never felt a keener pleasure in her life.
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