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"No one had been near them," she said; "and the girl was so frightened, and H'Emma had screamed so, she was at her wits' end." "I am surprised at you, Emma!" said Mr. Dutton. "When, you are grown up you may be as frightened as you please; but if you don't practise self-command as a child, you'll be very properly whipped."
"No, no," indignantly, "H'Emma." "H'Emma! You little cad, what is the H for? Say Emma. You can't? Then no more sugar." "Emma," repeated the astonished child. "That's right; here is another lump. Miss Leigh, may I ask you to reach me a very pretty book of coloured animals I saw behind you? Now, Emma, there is a tabby cat, just like you have at home."
At this moment the mamma appeared. "Oh," said Mrs. Jackson, "your little girl was crying so for you, till that gentleman succeeded in amusing her." "I 'ope, sir, she 'asn't been very troublesome? The baby, 'e 'as been so fretful with 'is teeth, or I should 'ave come for H'Emma sooner." "The gentleman said H'Emma was vulgar." "Don't you tell stories, miss.
The nursery-maid was imbecile from terror and prostrate with sickness, and the harassed mother doing the best she could. To begin with, H'Emma had received a whipping, which, however undeserved, was probably the most judicious course, by inspiring fortitude, and cutting off all hopes of undue indulgence. The poor woman was very grateful for the visit.
She thought compassionately of the careworn mother of H'Emma, who probably would have been quite neglected during the gale, and determined to take her something, and get Mr. Dutton to carry it and steady her own footsteps. Nothing could exceed the discomfort in which they found them.
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