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She knew it was an hallucination, but saw that faith had laid hold of her, as she wished, by the heart, and she sobbed and prayed to the unknown God till a nun heard her groaning. At first her ardor impelled her not only to brave the jeers of her madcap club of harum-scarums and tomboys, but she planned to become a nun, until this feverish longing for a recluse life passed, but left her changed.
"We'll begin tea; we won't wait for those harum-scarums," said Aunt Emma, lifting a tart out of the oven; and the four drew cosily round the table. Bella always loved those evening meals at the end of the long day in market, when they sat and enjoyed at their leisure the good things Aunt Emma provided, while they talked over all that had happened at home and abroad.
'Clar to goodness, dat chile's leg warn't bigger'n a drumstick picked to de bone. De man de Sheriff sent wid us didn't go no furder dan de gate, an' when he lef us dey all sneaked in an' did dere bes' ter git her from me. Wuss-lookin' harum-scarums you ever see.
It appeared as though Ivan Antonovitch had not heard, so completely did he bury himself in his papers and return no reply. Instantly it became plain that HE at least was of an age of discretion, and not one of your jejune chatterboxes and harum-scarums; for, although his hair was still thick and black, he had long ago passed his fortieth year.
"Wa-al I dunno!" returned the man, finding the matter suddenly serious, when it was brought so close home to him. "Of course, we expect to pay for it. Only we'd like to have you cut the rent in two for the first three months," said Janice, quickly. "Say! that might be all right," the druggist observed, more briskly. "But I don't know about all these harum-scarums collecting around this corner.
Where are they?" Then she turned on Lablache as if she had only just become aware of his presence. "What, Mr. Lablache, you here? And so early, too. Guess this isn't like you. How is your store that temple of wealth and high interest to get on without you? How are the 'improvident' 'harum-scarums' to live if you are not present to minister to their wants upon the best of security?"
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