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I trust, therefore, that by more attention on the part of my pupils I may be able to continue the heavy task which I have undertaken. What I want to impress upon you children" here she turned abruptly to the little Delaneys "is that lessons are lessons, and play is play. During lesson-time I allow no wandering thoughts, I allow no attempts at shirking your duties.
Dolman even more than the really obstreperous, and at times violent, behavior of her brothers and sister; for the fact is, the other three little Delaneys had not yet got the slightest idea into their heads that they were bound to obey Mrs. Dolman. Far from this; a sudden and extreme naughtiness had taken possession of their unruly little hearts. Even Iris' gentle words had no effect on them.
She not only went to Madersley and interviewed some of the best printers in the place, but she also visited the police station, and told the police to be on the lookout. "For the two youngest little Delaneys are missing," she said, "and found they must be, if heaven and earth are moved to accomplish the job."
Ann colored and dropped her eyes. She began to eat her bread and butter hastily; she longed beyond words to tell the others the knowledge she had secretly acquired about her cousins the Delaneys. "'Please send the wagonette to the station," continued Mr.
A faint tinge of delicate color came into Iris' sweet little face at these words they were the first attempt at a real welcome she had received. She held out her hand to Ann without a word, and the Delaneys and Dolmans entered the cheerful Rectory in a body. The four little strangers, accompanied by Mary and Ann, went upstairs, where Simpson was waiting for them.
Suppose it were not delivered until afternoon? Then it would be too late. The Delaneys lived only two blocks further up the street. It was not yet ten o'clock. Mrs. Dean had gone to a lecture. Marjorie was in her room. If she met General she would merely state that she was going to post a letter. That would be entirely true. She would run all the way there and back.
Immediately after breakfast they went upstairs to the schoolroom, and lessons began, just as if no four little Delaneys were to arrive to turn everything topsy-turvy that evening. Lessons proceeded without any interruption until twelve o'clock.
They were proper, neat-looking little girls, and, notwithstanding their inward excitement, they ate their breakfast tidily, and took good care not to express any emotion before Miss Ramsay or their good-natured father. "Yes," said Mr. Dolman, looking at them, and pushing his spectacles up on his forehead, "yes, that is the news. Your mother returns to-night, and the four Delaneys with her.
Little Ann raised herself with a start. "Oh, please, Miss Ramsay, won't you excuse the French poetry to-day," she cried; "I am so " "So what, Ann? I am surprised at you. What can be the matter?" "I am so excited about the little Delaneys," answered Ann. "They are coming so soon, and they are my own first cousins I seem to see them all the day they come between me and and my poetry.
"He gives his name, sir, as Arthur Maguire." "Arthur what, sir?" said another of the turnkeys, looking earnestly at Phelim. "Why, sir, this is the fellow that swore the alibis for the Kellys ay, an' for the Delaneys, an' for the O'Briens. His name is Phelim O'Toole; an' a purty boy he is, by all report."
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