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Lili's delays in coming to be paid had been such that the Marches now tried to pay her when she brought their breakfast, but they sometimes forgot, and then they caught her whenever she came near them. In this event she liked to coquet with their impatience; she would lean against their table, and say: "Oh, no. You stay a little. It is so nice."
March protested that he had only been amused at Lili's delay; but his wife scolded him for his impatience; she begged Burnamy's pardon, and repeated civilities passed between them.
It was more than an hour before Burnamy caught Lili's eye, and three times she promised to come and be paid before she came.
She took from under her apron a man's handkerchief, which she offered to Mrs. March. It bore, as she saw Miss Triscoe saw, the initials L. J. B. But, "Whose can it be?" they asked each other. "Why, Burnamy's," said March; and Lili's eyes danced. "Give it here!" His wife caught it farther away. "No, I'm going to see whose it is, first; if it's his, I'll send it to him myself."
She took from under her apron a man's handkerchief, which she offered to Mrs. March. It bore, as she saw Miss Triscoe saw, the initials L. J. B. But, "Whose can it be?" they asked each other. "Why, Burnamy's," said March; and Lili's eyes danced. "Give it here!" His wife caught it farther away. "No, I'm going to see whose it is, first; if it's his, I'll send it to him myself."
'Thank you! said the colonel, with a low bow. Lancelot rose. 'If a country girl, now, had spoken in that tone, said he to himself, 'it would have been called at least "saucy" but Mammon's elect ones may do anything. Well here I come, limping to my new tyrant's feet, like Goethe's bear to Lili's.
March protested that he had only been amused at Lili's delay; but his wife scolded him for his impatience; she begged Burnamy's pardon, and repeated civilities passed between them.
When the little party under the apple-tree were somewhat tranquillized again, the cat came purring and rubbing herself fawningly about Lili's feet. The child only gave her an angry push, and turned to caress old Schnurri, who lay, still wet, on the ground near by; while Wili patted him affectionately, saying softly, "You shall have all my supper to-night, old fellow."
March protested that he had only been amused at Lili's delay; but his wife scolded him for his impatience; she begged Burnamy's pardon, and repeated civilities passed between them.
After a while Trine saw Battiste coming from the barn; he went past the house, down toward the meadows. "Come along now," she said, and taking Lili's hand, she ran with her to the wash-house, lifted the long wooden spout from its hiding-place, put one end into the log, and the other into a small tub.
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