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At her side were her two friends and Andeng with a bouquet of tuberoses. De Espadaña felt her pulse, examined her tongue, asked a few questions, and said, as he wagged his head from side to side, "S-she's s-sick, but s-she c-can be c-cured." Doña Victorina looked proudly at the bystanders. "Lichen with milk in the morning, syrup of marshmallow, two cynoglossum pills!" ordered De Espadaña.
"So then we rollicked for a ramps. I see the Majoress smile; she p'inted her finger toward us. "'S-sick 'em! says she. 'Sick 'em, Towser! "It would have been all right; we was playin' on velvet, and could have led that woman out of the store as easy as anything if that concussed Major hadn't 'a' come to in the wrong place.
Cosgrave banged the table with his clenched fist. His freckles were like small suns shining out of his dead-white face. "You you leave me alone, Stonehouse. I I'm n-not a kid any more. And I d-don't pretend. Connie knows I haven't a c-cent in the world except what poor mother sneaks out of the housekeeping. But I'm s-sick of living as I've done always grinding, always afraid of everything.
"Sittin' on the Cathedral steps," I sobbed. "That is a falsehood, John. Twice I sent David to search for you there and both times he reported that you were nowhere in sight. Where were you? Answer truthfully or it will be the worse for you." "I h-hid when I saw him comin'," I stammered, "I was too s-sick to come home." Surely this would affect her! She stared incredulously. "Sick!
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