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Suppose you lend me this? And he touched her on the shoulder to signify a tight little jacket she wore. Margery was all obedience. She took it off and handed it to him. The Baron rolled and compressed it with all his force till it was about as large as an apple-dumpling, and put it into his pocket. 'The next thing, he said, 'is about getting the consent of your friends to your going.
Kurt was so much occupied at lunch with his own plans and ideas that he never even noticed when his favorite dessert appeared on the table. Lippo, seriously looking at him, said quite reproachfully, "Now you don't even see that we have apple-dumpling." Such an indifference seemed wrong to the little boy. But Kurt even swallowed the apple-dumpling absent-mindedly.
They had not long to wait, for the cook appeared with a veritable Chimborazo of an apple-dumpling mountain, piled tier upon tier; and there had to be a scattering of dishes to make place for the platter. The three Grecian heroes gave glances of approval and satisfaction.
"Martha Meech must be worse," said Mrs. Hollis. "The up-stairs blinds have been closed all day." Sandy pushed back the apple-dumpling which Aunt Melvy had made at his special request. "Perhaps I can be helping them," he said as he rose from the table. When he came back he sat for a long time with his head on his hand. "Is she much worse?" asked Mrs. Hollis.
Tom often brought him his own rice-milk or apple-dumpling; and Giles, ignorant and depraved as he was, often cried out, "That he thought now there must be some truth in religion, since it taught even a boy to deny himself, and to forgive an injury." Mr. Wilson, the next Sunday, made a moving discourse on the danger of what are called petty offenses.
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