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Then another tiresome boy started up in sing- song, and then half a dozen noisy and nonsensical boys at once. But at last Mrs. Alicumpaine said, 'I cannot have this din. Now, children, you have played at parliament very nicely; but parliament gets tiresome after a little while, and it's time you left off, for you will soon be fetched. When they were all gone, poor Mrs.
And they wouldn't smile, no, not on any account they wouldn't; but, when the music stopped, went round and round the room in dismal twos, as if everybody else was dead. 'O, it's very hard indeed to get these vexing children to be entertained! said Mrs. Alicumpaine to Mrs. Orange. 'I dote upon the darlings; but it is hard, said Mrs. Orange to Mrs. Alicumpaine.
'That dreadfully anxious city, ma'am, said Mrs. Orange to Mrs. Alicumpaine; 'so wearing, is it not? 'O, so trying! said Mrs. Alicumpaine. 'John has lately been speculating in the peg-top ring; and I often say to him at night, "John, IS the result worth the wear and tear?" Dinner was ready by this time: so they sat down to dinner; and while Mr.
There was a children's band, harp, cornet, and piano, and Mrs. Alicumpaine and Mrs. Orange bustled among the children to persuade them to take partners and dance. But they were so obstinate! For quite a long time they would not be persuaded to take partners and dance. Most of the boys said, 'Thanks; much! But not at present. And most of the rest of the boys said, 'Thanks; much! But never do.
'O, these children are very wearing! said Mrs. Alicumpaine to Mrs. Orange. 'Dear things! I dote upon them; but they ARE wearing, said Mrs. Orange to Mrs. Alicumpaine. At last they did begin in a slow and melancholy way to slide about to the music; though even then they wouldn't mind what they were told, but would have this partner, and wouldn't have that partner, and showed temper about it.
Alicumpaine said, 'Supper is ready, children! And they went crowding and pushing in, as if they had had dry bread for dinner. 'How are the children getting on? said Mr. Orange to Mrs. Orange, when Mrs. Orange came to look after baby. Mrs. Orange had left baby on a shelf near Mr. Orange while he played at beggar-my- neighbour, and had asked him to keep his eye upon her now and then.
Orange. 'The dear things! How pleased they will be! 'I don't care for children myself, said Mr. Orange, gaping. 'Not for girls? said Mrs. Alicumpaine. 'Come! you care for girls? Mr. Orange shook his head, and gaped again. 'Frivolous and vain, ma'am. 'My dear James, cried Mrs. Orange, who had been peeping about, 'do look here.
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