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She noticed that a great many of her patrons had taken second helpings, and that threw her out in her calculation of quantities, while the relative digestibility of the protein and the fats in pork depend so much upon its preparation that she could not approximate the virtue of Hitty's bill of fare without consultation with Hitty.
He has offered up every thing on the altar of liberty, true enough; and I hope you, son, will live to do the same." "Only, if I have the hoods and caps to make," said Aunt Hitty, "I hope he won't offer them up every week that's all!" "O! well, Aunt Hitty, I've got the hood; let me alone for that.
"I hope you'll come before that," responded Miss Evelina. "I shall miss you if you don't." Miss Hitty affected not to hear, but she was mollified, none the less. From his patient's window, Doctor Ralph observed the enemy in full retreat, and laughed gleefully.
"If you don't mind, Hitty, I really must be excused from your inexcusable surname I am going to drink a cup of coffee before we continue this interesting discussion café noir, our late unfortunate accident depriving me of café au lait as usual. Sheila, get the cups." "You don't mean to say that you feed that peaked child with full strength coffee, do you?
Just pretend it's the style to wear a veil pinned to your hair all the time, and you've been wearin' one right along and have forgot and left it to home. Do you understand me?" "Yes, Aunt Hitty." "And when people come here to find out about it, you're not to say anything. Leave it all to me. 'T ain't necessary for you to lie, but you can keep your mouth shut.
The ink had faded so that it was scarcely legible, but Miss Hitty knew it by heart: "'If you love me as I love you No knife can cut our love in two. Your sincere friend, ANTHONY DEXTER." Like a tiny sprig of lavender taken from a bush which has never bloomed, this bit of romance lay far back in the secret places of her life.
An "advanced" woman who had once spent a Summer in the village had spread abroad the delights of Battenberg and raised embroidery. At all of these, Miss Hitty sniffed contemptuously. "Quilt makin' was good enough for their mas and their grandmas," she said scornfully, "and I reckon it's good enough for anybody else. I've no patience with such things." Araminta knew that.
Miss Evelina drew a damp, freshly scrubbed chair to the bedside. "I fell off the step-ladder, didn't I?" asked Araminta, vaguely. "Yes, dear." Miss Evelina's voice was very low and sweet. "You fell, but you're all right now. You're going to stay here until you get well. Aunt Hitty and I are going to take care of you."
How did you get out of marrying her, I should like to know, when the chancellor came to you and said that the whole family wanted you to, for fear it would kill her if " "Well, there was a scene, I can't deny that. We had a regular family conclave father, mother, Aunt Hitty, and all the folks and we kept it up pretty much all night.
"Well, Aunt Hitty, how you scolded that pedler last week, that brought along that real tea!" "To be sure I did. S'pose I'd be taking any of his old tea, bought of the British? fling every teacup in his face first." "Well, mother," said Dick, "I never exactly understood what it was about the tea, and why the Boston folks threw it all overboard."
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