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I wonder if he stays in the sea all night till he comes up at the other side in the morning? No I don't think he can though, for it says in my jography that it's sunshine at the other side of the world when it's night here, so he can't stay in the sea. I must ask Alie p'raps it's not the same sun as in London.
Now, if Alie were away for a while, Bridget would have to try to take her place. 'I could not do without Alie, not just now certainly, said Mrs. Vane decidedly. 'We must just hope that somehow time will improve Bridget. 'And don't be too hard on her, said her father. 'I feel sure she means well. 'When she means anything, replied Mrs. Vane; 'but she seldom thinks enough for that.
'Do show mamma how sweet they are, Celestina. And oh, mamma, mayn't I stay a little with Celestina and look for them too? Mrs. Vane hesitated. 'I'm afraid not, Biddy, she said. 'I must be going in and Alie too. She must write to grandmamma to-day. 'Oh, but mayn't I stay? asked Biddy entreatingly.
I was detummind not to reerlize till the proper time, and then to buy istates; to found a new family of Delapluches, and to alie myself with the aristoxy of my country. "These pints I reprasented to pore Mary Hann hover and hover agin. 'If you'd been Lady Hangelina, my dear gal, says I, 'I would have married you: and why don't I? Because my dooty prewents me.
One was of pretty pink glazed calico and of some other shiny stuff called 'chintz' white, with tiny lines of different colours; she also bought some red cotton velvet and neat-looking white spotted muslin, and several yards of very narrow lace of a very small and dainty pattern, and other things, all of which interested Alie very much indeed, though after a while Biddy got tired of looking on, and went and stood at the doorway of the shop.
But, Alie, did you ever see anything like Bride's changeableness? and she gave a little sigh. 'But, mamma dear, she did say she was sorry very nicely this time very real-ly, said Rosalys. 'Yes, darling, her mother agreed.
So that he was looking a good deal more like 'a proper papa, as Alie said, the day he and Mrs. Vane started on their long journey. 'I am so glad you are going to be near that nice old lady, said Alie, amidst her tears; 'and oh, mamma dear, I will try to do everything you would like. 'I am sure you will, darling, and it is a great comfort to feel so much happier about Biddy now.
An expression of great surprise, mingled with a little pity, flitted across her when she heard the elder girl's words 'What a pity, Biddy, you don't care for dolls! and it was with intense interest she listened to Bridget's reply. 'I would care for them, Alie, if I had any one to play at them with me. But you think you're too big I think you've always thought yourself too big and Rough's a boy.
The eldest of the little girls she is in her fifth year is Elsie Alicia, named for her two grandmothers; we call her Alie. And the youngest that two-year-old darling we call Vi. She is named for her aunt, Mrs. Raymond." "And Mrs. Travilla lives here with her daughter?"
Somehow, thorough little English girl though she was, she reminded one of the small Savoyard boys one sees with a box of marmots slung in front of them, or a barrel organ and a monkey. 'I didn't mean to say anything naughty, Alie, she began, in a plaintive tone. 'I'm always
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