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"God forbid, madam!" said Lally. "You have had a long, cold journey to-day. Have you had a good supper, Lally?" "Sorra bit could I ate, madam, till I had a word with yourself. But anyhow I'll go and ate it now." Terry and Turly were snugly lodged on the same flat with Granny's bedroom and sitting-room.
"I didn't," said Turly, "I said I intended to go and see that city some day, and find out all about everything that is in it. I am afraid the magicians are dead." But here Granny's tea-bell rang, and the children hastened away to their honey and tea-cakes.
He left his post by the table then came forward and held open the door for her. She passed out, went up the stairs, her hair falling in a wave of gold down to her waist. She did not turn back. Larry waited at the foot of the stairs until he heard the door of her room close upon her and then he too went up, to Granny's room. Ted met him at the threshold in a panic of fear and grief.
"Mother " Nina, a tall, overgrown girl, with spectacles on her straight nose, and straight, light-brown hair in thick braids, stopped short and gave her mother's companion a look of withering distaste. "Mother," she began again, "aren't you coming up for tea? Granny's there, and the others, from tennis, and Mrs.
But I'm in a hurry this m m m m mornin'. Granny's sick and wants some m m m med hison." "What's the matter with her?" Margaret inquired. "Don't know. She didn't s s s say." "But what sort of medicine did they send you after?" "Oh, a a a any sort you ain't g g g got no use fur." "Why, that won't do," Mrs. Mayfield spoke up. "Why don't you send for a physician?" "Oh, that's a a a all right.
I belong to Gowrie a' the week, but I'm granny's on Sabbath; there's aye a deal to do, brakin' sticks and mendin' up things, ye see." "And you really don't go to a Sunday-school?" exclaimed Grace, hardly able to restrain her satisfaction at this piece of information. "But, by-the-by, I have never asked your name. I should like to hear it, because I hope we are going to be friends."
We have christened her Elspeth after my grandmamma, and if my auld granny's aye living, you can tell her that's her.
'Oh yes, I have, grandmamma, I said. I did not mean to contradict rudely, and I don't think it sounded like that, though it looks rather rude written down. 'I had one this time last year don't you remember? about your little stamp case. Granny's face brightened up.
But come along, laddie, we've got to buy a sea-chest and a lot of things to complete your kit; and then, we'll go to granny's and try to see something of the sights of London."
Jessie was as ready to obey her granny's wishes as Ralph could desire, and as he told her there would be no difficulty in obtaining a licence she consented to fix the following Monday for their wedding-day, if he could, as he hoped, remain in Plymouth. He was naturally very sanguine in the expectation of being able to obtain a holiday.
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