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'Oh, Bridget, she exclaimed in a tone of vexation, 'what have you been doing to yourself? Do you see, Alie? Her skirt is torn from top to bottom the stuff torn, not the seam. And so dirty. Your new frock too really, child, you are too provoking. Biddy's round rosy face grew longer and redder, and her eyes filled with tears. She opened her mouth to speak, but Rosalys came before her.
'I got my letters finished more quickly than I expected. What a quantity of things there are to order when one first comes to a new house! And I do so miss M'Creagh! Did you see me coming, Alie darling? 'Yes, mamma not very far off though. We were up on the sand-hills when papa rang for Rough, and But Mrs. Vane interrupted her.
She cheered up a little by tea-time, and told Randolph triumphantly that she had done all her lessons for Miss Neale 'by myself, without asking that nasty cross Alie or nobody to help me. But she remained very surly to her sister, though Alie tried to prevent her father and mother noticing it. Next day was rainy and blowy.
It was not a kind thing to say, but then Rough's heart was sore and anxious, and when one feels so it is difficult not to be cross and sharp. All their hearts were sore, I think. Children jump on so fast in their minds. Bride and Rough, and Alie too, I daresay, had fancied to themselves that once 'downstairs' again papa would seem directly like himself, and this news was a great disappointment.
'You did invite them, Alie, you remember, don't you? she said, looking a little bit aggrieved. 'They would never have come without being invited. 'Oh yes, I know I did, Rosalys replied. 'It was only the funny way you pulled them out of your pocket. 'And some day, Biddy, mother says, perhaps you'll bring yours to drink tea with mine, said Celestina, quite pleased again.
'How like an angel she is! thought Celestina. 'Who's? said Alie. 'Do you mean Mr. Fairchild's? Why don't you explain properly, Biddy? 'Yes, that's it, said the stranger child. 'I'm Celestina Fairchild. I'll show you the shop. 'Thank you, said the elder girl. But Biddy would scarcely let her say the two words. Her eyes were very open, looking rounder than ever.
'Oh, come now, Biddy, stop that, do, said her brother; 'don't spoil the first morning by going off into a howl for nothing. No one supposes you wanted to drown a lot of people for the sake of watching a shipwreck, only, as Alie says, you should be more careful. Strangers might think you a very queer little girl if they heard you say such a thing.
Biddy did not seem at that moment very keenly to appreciate this privilege. 'I'd rather have a littler sister, she said; but as she caught sight of Celestina's astonished face, 'I don't mean for Alie to be away Alie's very kind but I'd like a littler one too. It's very dull playing alone.
'Yes, she said, 'I should think little dolls would be much more amusing to play with alone. You could make them act things, and you could make houses for them. Biddy, wouldn't you like to furnish our old doll-house fresh? 'I don't know, said Biddy rather surlily. 'You'd call me a baby. 'Indeed I wouldn't, said Alie eagerly. 'It would be such a nice play for you.
I'm going to walk to the town or the village, or whatever it is, with him. Good-bye, girls. It's only three o'clock you can stay another half-hour, and off he ran. 'Let's go down to the shore again, said Alie. 'Mamma said perhaps she'd come out a little, and she'd never see us up here. Bridget hung back a little. 'I daresay she won't come out, she said. 'Do stay up here, Alie.
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