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"Thank you, ma'am," they both answered; "and may we do what we like with them?" "To be sure," replied Mrs. Goodriche. "Then," said Emily, "I shall give one to Mary Bush, and another to Margery, and another to Mrs. Trueman, for their best pin-cushions." "And I shall give this housewife to nurse," said Lucy. "I suppose," said Mrs.
The party did not come home till ten o'clock; they had had such an evening as Lucy and Emily had never known before; but they had often thought of poor Bessy, and wished for her many times, and their mother too. Mrs. Goodriche had also been uneasy about Bessy. How surprised, then, they were to see her looking so cheerful, and Mrs. Fairchild also seeming to be equally happy.
Lucy followed with a neat little parcel, carefully rolled up; and Bessy followed, with a hand in one of her pockets, and a smile on her face, though she looked red and rather confused. "I shall look at the little market-woman with her basket first," said Mrs. Goodriche; and Emily went up to her with a sweet pleasant smile, as if she felt sure that she had some very pretty things to show.
But the happiest times of people's lives are often those in which there is least to write and talk about; so we must pass over the spring, and go on to the month of June, the very first day of which was that fixed for the visit to Mrs. Goodriche. It was a bright morning when the party set out in the carriage which Mr. Fairchild had bought.
The walls of the room were painted blue, the windows were casements, and had seats in them, and there was a step up from the floor into the garden. The visitors found Mrs. Goodriche in this summer parlour. After breakfast the two elder ladies took out their work. Mr. Fairchild walked away somewhere with a book, and the children went into the arbour.
Goodriche read her four pages, and read them very pleasantly. The book was next given to Mrs. Fairchild, who passed it to Bessy. "Where does it begin?" she said. "At the top of the ninth page, Bessy," said Mrs. Fairchild.
Fairchild; "and we will not fear. You will not dislike Bessy she is a good-tempered, merry girl; but you must not let her be alone with Henry: her very good humour may make her a dangerous companion to him." Mr. Fairchild went, after dinner, to fetch Mrs. Goodriche and Bessy; and just before tea Henry came in to say the carriage was coming.
"That is Betty," said Miss Bessy. "How do you do, Betty? Sukey told me to remember her to you." "Very well, thank you, Miss," said Betty, with a low curtsey, as she bustled by with a bandbox. Mrs. Goodriche now appeared, and speaking to her niece from the stair-head said: "Come up, Bessy, and put yourself to rights before tea."
Emily's face flushed like a rosebud when she laid them on the table. "Very, very good," said Mrs. Goodriche; "and you did them all yourself?" "Yes, ma'am," said Emily. "I made the insides first, and stuffed them with bran, before I put the silk on." "Now for Lucy," said Mrs.
"And now," said Mrs. Goodriche, "who is to choose first?" "Lucy and Emily," said Bessy; and Lucy wished Bessy to choose first. After a little while this matter was settled; Emily had the green with the golden flowers, Lucy the clouded pink, and Bessy the striped; but before they took them from the table, Mrs.
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