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I didn't mean to. It was real hateful of me to tromp on your toes and bear down hard on your knee, and I'm ever so sorry. Can you forgive me?" Oh, but it was hard to say that, and the culprit stood shifting from one foot to the other in embarrassment and shame with eyes down-cast and cheeks aflame.
For the rest, the inspection was made in silence. On the way back they found Uli standing gloomily in the front shed and took him in with them; but he remained down-cast the whole evening indeed on the verge of tears whenever any one spoke to him.
Patiently would he wait for hours at the window, whilst the post-master and his assistants sorted the letters; and when he had received the usual answer to his inquiry, he would return to his abode with down-cast looks. As time passed on he grew more fretful and impatient. Receiving no intelligence from England, he seemed to be anxious to return thither.
"Hum that sounds reasonable, at all events." "I had it for a New Year present," remarked Fleda, who stood by with down-cast eyes, like a person undergoing an examination. 'Jan. 2. Histoire de France. "What history of France is this?" Fleda hesitated and then said it was by Lacretelle. "Lacretelle? what, of the Revolution?" "No sir, it is before that; it is in five or six large volumes."
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