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His wife made no reply, but, taking a blue-crossed envelope from the maid in her shaking fingers, looked round for a knife. Her gaze encountered Mr. Gribble's outstretched hand. "After you," he said sharply. Mrs. Gribble found the knife, and, hacking tremulously at the envelope, peeped inside it and, with her gaze fastened on the window, fumbled for her pocket.
'Silk and sacking, that is what we are, she was informed, to which she would reply obstinately, 'Well, then, I prefer sacking. 'But if he had been your son? 'But he is not. 'You wish he were? 'I dinna deny but what I could have found room for him. That was when some podgy red-sealed blue-crossed letter arrived from Vailima, inviting me to journey thither.
His wife made no reply, but, taking a blue-crossed envelope from the maid in her shaking fingers, looked round for a knife. Her gaze encountered Mr. Gribble's outstretched hand. "After you," he said sharply. Mrs. Gribble found the knife, and, hacking tremulously at the envelope, peeped inside it and, with her gaze fastened on the window, fumbled for her pocket.
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