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Kate paused, hitched one shoulder to her ear, spread out her hands, and elevated her eyebrows in ridiculous mimicry of Mademoiselle's mannerisms. "Did she evare neglect her work? Jamais, nevare! Did she evare forget that she was a jeune fille, and be'ave like a vild, rough boy? Jamais, jamais! Was she evare like these Engleesh rude, impairtinent, disobedient? Mais non!
The barking continued for almost half a minute, and then Godolphus emerged, capering absurdly on his hind legs and revolving like a dervish, flung up his head, yapped thrice in a kind of ecstasy, and again plunged into the store. "That's funny, too," mused Tilda. "I never knew 'im be'ave like that 'cept when he met with a friend.
"Of course, if certain people, who're nobodies, try to be'ave as somebodies, one naturally wants to know where they've learned their classy manners," she remarked. "Was you referring to me?" asked Miss Potter. "I wasn't speaking to you," replied Miss Impett. "But I was speaking to you. Was you referring to me?" "Never mind who I was referring to."
"You can call the others in if he tries," Tilda answered seriously. "But he won't, not if you be'ave. An' then," she went on, "you can arsk me anything you like, an' I'll answer as truthful as I can." "Can't I see the boy first?" asked Mr. Hucks, hugely tickled. "No, you can't!" "You're hard on me," he sighed. The child amused him, and this suggestion of hers exactly jumped with his wishes.
Her voice grew a trifle less sharp, but she was very angry still. "You ought to be ashamed playing such treecks! It is always the same thing there is no peace since you 'ave come. These girls were quite good and mild, but you make them as wild as yourself. I will teach you to be'ave better. You will come with me to the schoolroom and write out a verrrb!"
Pretty career! Daughter of mine! I tell you, ma'am, I'm angry; there's no other word for it I'm angry. If that scoundrel comes within reach of me, I shall mark 'im I'm not a young man, but I shall mark 'im. An' what to say to you, I'm sure I don't know. That my daughter should be'ave like that! Well, it's made a difference to me. An' now I suppose her name'll be dragged in the mud.
They must ha been up to their larks a'ter I left mucky gaol-birds! he says. 'Funny thing they can't be'ave like gentlemen. "'Well, I says, 'as to Mr. Lucy, he play'd it down a dog's trick on you; and you got back on him. And man to man, I says, 'no parsons bein by, I don't say no to that. But if it comes to selling your country for money "He swings round all black and white and lightning.
Seeing him, she stood fast without fear, merely glancing over her shoulder to make sure her retreat was open. "Hello!" said Joe, affecting a boisterous air. "Am I the first?" She declined to unbend. "You got be'ave if you comin' here," she said coldly. "Got to, eh? That's a nice way to speak to a friend." "If you don' act decent you can't come here no more," she said firmly.
He didn't do more that night because she told him to be'ave 'imself, and threatened to scream if he didn't leave off. He was arf-way home afore 'e thought of the reason for Ginger Dick and Peter Russet giving up, and then he went along smiling to 'imself to such an extent that people thought 'e was mad.
I'm not saying 'e's a natural born idiot. But let 'er come along and do a snivel tell 'im that 'e's breaking 'er 'eart, and appeal to 'im to be'ave as a gentleman, and all that sort of thing, and what do you think will be the result?" Minikin agreed that the problem presented difficulties.
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