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"Father'll pay the money back," she said, in sudden relief. But the impossibility of that swiftly occurred to her, and she began hunting again with fresh terror. "But he can't! How can he? Two hundred names; and I don't know them, or half of them." Then she felt the tears coming, and she crept in under some benches, and cried.
"Well, you're not going to be deserted," said Angel, in his lordly way, "we'll just adopt you on our own. Mrs. Handsomebody won't let us have a dog, nor a guinea pig, nor rabbits, nor even a white rat, but, you bet, she's got to let us keep a grandfather, if we take him right home and say he's come for a visit, and, of course, father'll have to pay for his board. Let's do it, eh John?"
Bless thee! bless thee!" I say scamper, scamper; my father'll be coming home to sup erelong, and I would not he found thee thus. Away with thee! and fret no more: dost hear? If I hear that thou hast moped any further from this hour on, I'll not answer either for my doings or for those o' others: dost hear? Now scamper!" And scamper a did, like a hare with th' hounds upon 't.
"Yes, sir; on'y more squeezed in like. Your eyes is allus handsome and bright like, but they arn't now. But, there, don't you mind that, sir. They turn nasty colours like for a bit, but, as I says, don't you mind. Big Jem's face was a reg'lar picter. I don't know what his father'll say when he sees him." "And I don't know what uncle will say when he sees me," said Aleck, despondently. "Eh?
Like Agnetta she had a great deal of colour, frizzy black hair, and a good-natured expression, but her face was just now clouded by some evident vexation. "Lor', Bella," said her mother, turning round from the hearth, "put away them fal-lals do. Here's Peter wanting his tea, and your father'll be along from market directly."
"Boo, hoo, hoo!" cried Ann, unable to speak on account of the torrents of wo that overwhelmed her. "Don't cry, little girl, and tell me what the matter is," continued the kind lady. "Boo, hoo, hoo! I fell down and broke all my candy," sobbed Ann. "Poor child!" exclaimed the sympathizing lady. "My father'll beat me because I didn't sell it," added Ann. "He is a cruel man.
"Well, I'm sure there's no need to hurry so," Mrs. Moyat declared, backing out of the room. "Blanche, you see if you can't persuade Mr. Ducaine. Father'll be home early this evening, too." "I think," Blanche said, "that Mr. Ducaine has made up his mind." She walked with me to the hall door, but she declined to shake hands with me. Her appearance was little short of tragic.
Then Comfort sobbed until her very sobs seemed failing her. Her father wiped his eyes. "Don't let that child cry that way, Em'ly," said he to Mrs. Pease. Then he turned to Comfort. "Don't you feel so bad, Comfort," he coaxed. "Father'll get you some peppermints when he goes down to the store to-night."
"Yes, the only man," replied Thursday, who had never yet thought of himself in any other light than a boy; "an' if you'll come ashore in our canoe, father'll take you to his house an' treat you to the best he's got. He'll be right glad to see you too, for he's not seen a soul except ourselves for nigh twenty years." "Not seen a soul!
Now we've only got to burn through the cotton," he said, lighting a piece of candle, "or else father'll never be able to get the tooth out. It loosens it tremendously!" He talked on about all kinds of things to divert her attention, like a conjuror, and then suddenly brought the candle close to her nose, so that she quickly drew back.
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