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Chiffers as to the amount due, that lady having ideas upon the subject which did more credit to her imagination than her arithmetic. The bill was settled at last, and the little party standing on the steps waited for the return of Miss Chiffers, who had been dispatched for a four-wheeler. "Oh, what about your luggage, Fred?" enquired Miss Tipping, suddenly.
"Is there more than one?" enquired Flower in a startled voice. "Three," said Miss Chiffers, nodding; "two gentlemen and a lady." "Did they say what their names were?" enquired the other, turning very pale. Miss Chiffers shook her head, and then stooped to pick up a hairpin. "One of 'em's called Dick," she said, replacing the pin.
His reading was interrupted by a loud knock at the street door, and he threw down the paper to be ready to receive the faithful Fraser. He heard the door open, and then the violent rushing upstairs of Miss Chiffers to announce his visitor. "Somebody to see you, Mr. Norton," she panted, bursting into the room. "Well, show him up," said Flower. "All of 'em?" demanded Miss Chiffers.
"Nothing," said Miss Chiffers; "'ere, you go away, that's my bedroom. Go away, d'you 'ear?" There was the sound of a diminutive scuffle outside, then the door opened and a smartly-dressed young man, regardless of the fair form of Miss Chiffers, which was coiled round his leg, entered the room. "Why, Dick," said the skipper, rising, "Dick! Thank goodness it's you."
"How'd you like your egg?" "Very good," said Flower. "It was new laid," said the small girl. She came up to the window and critically inspected the birds. "She laid it," she said, indicating one of the three. "She's not much to look at," said Flower, regarding the weirdest-looking of the three with some interest. "She's a wonderful layer," said Miss Chiffers, "and as sharp as you make 'em.
When she's in the dust-bin the others 'ave to stay outside. They can go in when she's 'ad all she wants." "I don't think I'll have any more eggs," said Flower, casually. "I'm eating too much. Bacon'll do by itself." "Please yourself," said Miss Chiffers, turning from the window. "How's your foot?" "Better," said Flower.
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