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"Gracious me!" and so on, as if she understood perfectly; and when Dickie came to the last sentence this was really the case, for she said in a decided voice: "Dickie will go to the circus too." "No, no," replied Nurse; "Dickie is too little to go she will stay at home with poor Nursie and baby."
'Indeed I haven't; only I got lazy about coming up to the City on Saturday when there was a nice cosy fire to sit by and old nursie to talk to; but the examinations are next week, and I wanted to ask you to explain one or two rules to me, said Vava, bringing her book up to the junior partner's desk. 'I shall be delighted; but I want you to explain to me first how to do something, replied Mr.
'Oh, nursie, can't you? entreated Gillian. 'Me, Miss Gillian! How can I, when Miss Primrose is going out with the whole clamjamfrie, and all the laddies, into the wet plantations? Na one of ye maun keep the lassie company. Ye've had your turn, Miss Gillian, so it should be Miss Mysie. It winna hurt ye, bairn, ye that hae been rampaging ower the house all the morning.
'You ought not to write letters you do not wish your sister to see; you have done very wrong, and must go and tell Miss Stella so at once, and if she is angry and scolds you you must bear it, she said decidedly. 'There was no harm in what I said, and and, nursie, I simply can't tell Stella! cried Vava, as her postscript came into her mind. Mrs. Morrison looked at her gravely.
'Don't you know? demanded Eva, looking from one to the other; and then, seeing from their faces that they certainly did not know the reason for her change of mood, she continued, 'I thought Mrs. Morrison would have told you. 'What has nursie got to do with it? asked Vava. 'Everything, she has been so good.
'Will you give me an egg to eat? I'm rather hungry. 'I will some day, but now you must go back, or nursie will be miserable about you. I dare say she's looking for you everywhere. 'Except here, answered the princess. 'Oh, how surprised she will be when I tell her about my great big grand-grand-mother! 'Yes, that she will! said the old lady with a curious smile.
Marway, turning on the other heel as he set his foot down, said, "Thank you, Nursie!" and was walking off. "Please, Mr. Marway, give the boy his penny," said Clare. But Marway wanted to take a rise out of Clare. "The fool did nothing for me!" he answered. "He made my boot worse than it was." "It was I did nothing for you, Mr. Marway," rejoined Clare. "What I did, I did for the boy."
'You must leave her alone till she comes round; her pride is hurt, and no wonder. What I do wonder at is your talking about such things as marriage to a strange gentleman; it's very unbecoming in a young lady of your age, said the housekeeper. But 'nursie' could say what she liked to her 'bairn, who took it quite meekly, and did as she was told, and left Stella alone.
"Silly Pink and White Nursie!" she chuckled, "Don't you know there isn't any Marma?" Cackling with delight over her own superior knowledge she folded her little arms and began to rock herself convulsively to and fro. "Why, stop!" cried the White Linen Nurse. "Now you stop! Why, you wicked little creature laughing like that about your poor dead mother!
By the way, I wonder where Amy and Eva are; it is time for them to be home, and nursie has only brought in two cups, replied her sister. The housekeeper coming in with the teapot at that instant overheard the last few words. 'The other two young leddies will be having their tea upstairs, she remarked in answer to Stella. 'Are they in? asked Vava, helping herself to a hot buttered scone.
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