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'Please, papa, don't ask her just now, she said; 'do go on telling us about what sort of a place Seacove is, and she added in a whisper, as she gave a little private tug to his sleeve, 'Biddy's been rather tiresome, and if she begins to cry 'O, children take long to grow. JEAN INGELOW. Mr. Vane nodded in token of comprehending Alie's hint.
'Yes, said Rough; 'but mamma's been rather frightened about him. He seems so weak. She's sent me for the doctor, and he's there now. So you must not go in to see papa. That's why I came to meet you. Alie's face fell and Biddy's grew very red. 'I'm sure we shouldn't hurt him, she said. 'It's all that nasty doctor, and she almost looked as if she were going to get into one of her old tempers.
'And she asked us to step in so nicely. And there were no chairs in the shop, 'cept only one. And I did so want to see a parlour, added Biddy, reviving under Alie's support. 'No, you did quite right, said Mrs. Vane to the elder ones. 'But Biddy must not begin making friends with every child she comes across and inviting them to come here. You are not a baby now; you should have more sense.
Fairchild confirmed this feeling of Alie's by coming again to the rescue. 'Certainly, my dear, she said, smiling. 'You shall look through the window from the other side. There's pretty sure to be a chair in front of it, if you are not tall enough. My little girl is very fond of looking through that funny window.
She did not mean to be rude; she was only surprised and curious; but her rosy cheeks and round eyes looked much less sweet and gentle than Alie's pretty face and soft long-lashed blue eyes, which had always a rather appealing expression. Biddy opened her mouth but did not speak. The little stranger grew very red. Rosalys spoke to her gently.
Fairchild knew her name; she was so taken up with her own thoughts. She would have been rather surprised had she known that it was about her, poor little neglected, uncared for girl as she chose to fancy herself, that the two mothers had been speaking those long ten minutes in the parlour 'Mayn't I see Celestina at all? Biddy went on. 'I think Alie's very 'Very what? said her mother.
'I'm very sorry, she said; 'please, ma'am, and she turned to Mrs. Fairchild, 'I didn't mean to be free and rude. The babyishness of her round fat face, and her brown eyes looking quite ready to cry, touched Mrs. Fairchild, though it is fair to add that she approved of Alie's checking the child.
Vane had made the girls get ready early and go a little way down the sandy lane to meet the two coming from Seacove. Bridget was gloomy, but Alie was particularly cheerful, and after a while the younger sister's gloom gave way before the sunshine and the fresh air and Alie's sweetness.
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