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"Did you not choose it, Miss Lucy?" said Miss Darwell; "if you please to accept it, I will send it in the carriage to-night with the bricks and the ark." "Thank you, dear Miss Darwell," Lucy answered; "but we must not take anything, unless your mamma and my mamma give leave." At that instant Mrs. Colvin called Lucy.
"But I haint seen no sign, an' that I can swear to." "In that case Contractor Darwell will be responsible for this smash up," said John Laning. "Are the horses hurt?" "They are pretty well scratched up around the legs." "Humph! And the two front wheels of the stage are a total wreck. I reckon it will take the best part of fifty dollars to fix matters up."
And then orders were given that the feast was to begin, and the people settled themselves on the grass in small parties. Mrs. Colvin having given Miss Darwell a hint, she went to speak to Mrs. Burke, and invited her and her daughters to come and assist in serving the people, and seeing that everyone had as much as they wished. Kind Mrs.
"Anyway, I don't calculate as how I'm responsible," grumbled the general utility man, fearing he saw trouble ahead, when Captain Putnam should hear of the affair. A creaking on the road was heard, and presently a lumber wagon hove into sight, piled high with the new planking for the bridge. On the front sat Darwell the contractor and two of his workmen.
Burke in his gig at the gates, with the horse's head turned towards home. As they were driving back, Mr. Fairchild spoke of Miss Darwell, and said how very much he had been pleased with her. Mr. Burke said that "she was a wonder of a child, considering how she was indulged, and that she seemed to have no greater pleasure than in doing good to the poor, especially to the children."
Colvin's note, as soon as they got home, that their children had behaved very well. Grandmamma Fairchild After this very pleasant day at the park, and long before Lucy and Emily had left off talking about it, a note came from Miss Darwell, to say that they were all going to the sea, for which she was sorry, because she wanted to see them all again.
I thought I should like you, but I did not know how very much it would be." The little girls then kissed each other, and Mrs. Colvin gave them a note for their mother. "This," she said, "is to tell Mrs. Fairchild, that I care not how often you and Miss Darwell meet. I can add no more to that."
Darwell spoke civilly, but very coldly, to Lucy and Emily. Mr. Darwell spoke kindly. The ladies and gentlemen had a great deal to say to Miss Darwell, but she was become very reserved among so many strangers, and seemed to cling close to Mrs. Colvin.
"I called you, my dear, to tell you that you are quite right: you ought never to receive a present without your mamma's leave, and ought never to desire to receive one. But I have no doubt that Miss Darwell will remember to ask Mrs. Fairchild this evening if you may have them." "I will," said Miss Darwell; "I hope I shall not forget it in the bustle." "Shall I tell you of it?" said Henry.
Fairchild's children quite cried out at the sight of these things; there were enough to furnish a toy-shop, besides the books. Miss Darwell said, "Which would you like?" Henry fixed upon a large Noah's ark, and when it was reached down, he placed himself on the floor, and made a procession of its inmates.
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