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But Maida recognized the tone that he always employed when he was joking her. Beside, his eyes were all “skrinkled up.” She did not quite understand what the joke was, but she smiled back at him. “Now can we look at the things downstairs?” she pleaded. “Yes,” Billy assented. “To-day is a very important day. Behind locked doors and sealed windows, we’re going to take account of stock.”
But before he could answer, she added in a condescending tone, “Do you know how to read, little boy?” Billy’s face twitched suddenly and his eyes “skrinkled up.” Maida saw with a mischievous delight that he, in his turn, was trying to keep the laughter back. “Yes, mum,” he said, making his face quite serious again. “My teacher says I’m the best reader in the room.”
That little Flynn girl has lived in the family of Mr. Jerome Westabrook, hasn’t she?” Billy’s eyes “skrinkled up.” “Yes, Mrs. Lathrop,” he admitted, “she lived in the Westabrook family for several years.” “So I guessed,” Mrs.
When the door opened, they caught bits of conversation, Granny’s brogue growing thicker and thicker in her excitement, and Mrs. Dore relapsing, under its influence, into old-country speech. At such times, Maida noticed that Billy’s eyes always “skrinkled up.” They were just putting the finishing touches to the tree when the window darkened suddenly. Maida looked up in surprise.
Maida said that Billy’s eyes “skrinkled up.” The effect was so comic that she always laughed—not with him but at him. “All right,” Billy agreed pleasantly; “I’ll put the greatest creative mind of the century to work on the job.” “You put it to work at once, young man,” Dr. Pierce said. “The thing I’m trying to impress on you both is that you can’t wait too long.”
Billy continued to smile at her, his eyes all “skrinkled up.” Granny jumped to her feet. She seized Billy’s arm. “Oh, Misther Billy, you have found her,” she quavered. Billy nodded. “I’ve found her, Granny! I told you I would and I have. Now don’t get excited. She’s all right and you’re all right and everything’s all right. She’ll be here just as soon as you’re ready to see her.”
Murdock, for often, when he looked at that lady, his eyes “skrinkled up,” although there was not a smile on his face. “A week is all I need,” Mrs. Murdock declared. “If it worn’t for other folks who are keeping me waiting, I’d have that hull place fixed as clean as a whistle in two shakes of a lamb’s tail. Now I’ll put a price on everything, so’s you won’t be bothered what to charge.
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