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Tom's sore throat seemed to be getting much better, for Miss Goldy-hair and I had really to stop his eating as much as he wanted. We wouldn't have minded if he had been quite well, for he wasn't a greedy boy, but when people are even a little ill it's better for them not to eat much, though I must confess the muffins and the chocolatey biscuits were dreadfully tempting.
It couldn't have been plainly directed I suppose; and just fancy if I had run away with the boys, we should have got to that Copple-something station, perhaps late at night, five miles from Pierson's cottage, with nobody to meet us! even supposing we had got the right trains and all in London, and not had any accidents, all of which, as Miss Goldy-hair explained, was very doubtful.
"It's not all that," I said, "it's partly that he can't bear you to see him crying, Miss Goldy-hair. He thinks it's like a baby." A different sort of smile came into her face for a moment, a smile of fun I wondered a little what it was. It wasn't till she told me afterwards that I understood how funny our name for her must have sounded, for I said it quite without thinking. "Oh no," she said.
Tom looked rather pleased when he heard that Miss Goldy-hair meant poor children. I think he was a little inclined to be jealous before he heard that. "But it isn't as nice as if you had children of your own in your own house like mother has us. It isn't as nice as if we were your children," said Tom. Miss Goldy-hair smiled. "No," she said, "I don't think it is."
"We called her that because we didn't know her name, and her hair was so pretty," we said. Uncle Geoff laughed too. "It's rather a nice name, I think," he said. "What funny creatures children are! I must set to work to understand them better. Well, yes, you're quite right. Miss Goldy-hair wants you all three to go and spend all the day with her. But what's the matter with Tom?" he went on.
"Who said I was 'as rich as rich, my boy?" she said, putting her arm round Tom, and looking into his honest eyes. "Sarah said so," answered Tom; "but you mustn't be vexed with her, Miss Goldy-hair," he went on eagerly. "She didn't say it any not nice way. She said it was a good thing when rich people thought about poor ones, and that you were very good to poor people.
Miss Goldy-hair stopped. "Didn't her never have nussing to eat in that garden?" said Racey. Miss Goldy-hair smiled. "I dare say she did," she said. "You may fancy she did. If you fancy all the nicest and prettiest things you know, you will not be wrong." "Oh," said Tom, "that's very nice. We can make plays to ourselves about Letty's garden. Did she keep going till she was big?
"But she's never vexed with us now," I said eagerly. "Nurse is very nice to her, and then Miss Goldy-hair told us about Mrs. Partridge being so old, and that we should be res respecting and all that way to her." "'Respectful, you mean, my dear," said Uncle Geoff smiling a little, for I had stumbled over the word.
As usual I glanced over at Tom's bed to see if he was still asleep. "Tom," I said softly, "are you awake?" "Yes," said Tom, all in a minute, as if he had been awake some time. It was all clear in my head now about our losing our way and finding Miss Goldy-hair and the letter to Pierson, and Miss Goldy-hair, promising to invite us to go and see her, and everything.
"But you like me a little bit for myself, besides for the oranges and biscuits, don't you, Racey? just a very little bit?" said Miss Goldy-hair, laughing. Racey, by way of answer, climbed up on her knee, and began hugging her. Miss Goldy-hair drew Tom to her and kissed him too, and then he looked quite happy. "But I must go now," she said. "And won't you come back again?" we asked.
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