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Updated: July 9, 2025
If her happy thoughts had not been dwelling on the zebra cat just presented her by the "knitting-woman," she would have observed at once that mamma and Kyzie had been "talking secrets"; though she might not have suspected that this had anything to do with the vacation school. "Do hurry along," she added. "I want to show you the funniest sight! I don't believe you've seen Barbara Hale, have you?"
She was the widow of a sea-captain and had been abroad most of her life. The children could hardly help staring at her. Even after they had learned to know her pretty well they still wanted to stare; and not being able to remember her name they spoke of her as "the knitting-woman." "Look, Lucy," whispered Jimmy; "there's a boy I know over there at that little table. It's Nate Pollard."
In front of it, seated in chairs, as in a garden of public diversion, are a number of women, busily knitting. On one of the fore-most chairs, stands The Vengeance, looking about for her friend. "Therese!" she cries, in her shrill tones. "Who has seen her? Therese Defarge!" "She never missed before," says a knitting-woman of the sisterhood.
The "knitting-woman" sat knitting in her chamber that looked up the mountain side, and thinking how the zebra kitten had suffered from her enemy, the clam. Mrs. McQuilken's own cats were most of them asleep; the blind canary was eating her supper of hemp-seed; and the noisy magpie had run off to chat with the dog and hens. The room seemed remarkably quiet. Mrs.
But don't you come now; I shall be busy an hour and a half. Remember, an hour and a half." Edith thanked her and ran to tell Kyzie what the "knitting-woman" had been saying. "Go get your kodak," said Kyzie. "Nate Pollard is going to take us all out on an exploring expedition. You know he has been in Castle Cliff a whole week, and knows the places."
Jimmy thought Nate Pollard was just the one, he was "so good at speaking pieces." They decided to ask Nate at once, and have that matter settled. Aunt Vi showed a collection of articles which "the knitting-woman" had kindly offered for their use; a three-legged light stand, two fiddle-backed chairs, and a very old hour-glass.
What came of these thoughts you shall hear later on. "Well, I declare, I forgot all about that zebra kitty," said Edith. "What will the knitting-woman think of such actions?" The "knitting-woman" met Edith at the dining-room door after luncheon, and said to her rather sharply: "Well, little girl, I thought you liked kittens?"
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