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"Yes, sir, it's at the corner of the street, Miss Lillycrop says." "Which direction?" "That one, I think." "Here, I'm going the other way: will you post this letter for me?" "Yes, sir," said Tottie. "That's a good girl; here's a penny for you." "Please, sir, that's not a penny," said the child, holding out the half-crown which Aspel had put in her hand. "Never mind; keep it."
"I'd tell you the truth without that," said Tottie, eyeing the half-crown which Aspel still held between his fingers, "but hand it over. We want a good many o' these things here, bein' pretty hard up at times." She spun the piece deftly in the air, caught it cleverly, and put it in her pocket. "Well, tell me, now, did you post the letter I gave you the night I took tea with Miss Lillycrop?"
It might have seemed unfair to send such a child even to bed without an attendant. To send her into the crowded streets alone in the dusk of evening, burdened with a vast commission, and weighted with coppers, appeared little short of inhumanity. Nevertheless Miss Lillycrop did it with an air of perfect confidence, and the result proved that her trust was not misplaced.
He vaulted the fence of the field, and rushed at Miss Lillycrop as if he himself had been a bull of Bashan, and meant to try his hand at tossing her. Not an idea had Phil as to what he meant to do. All he knew was that he had to rush to the rescue! Between Phil and the bull the poor lady seemed to stand a bad chance.
Miss Lillycrop had told her it was red, with a slit in it. The pillar she had found was red to some extent with rust, and it unquestionably had a slit in it where, in days gone by, a handle had projected. It also had a spout in front.
Miss Lillycrop expressed and felt great delight at the prospect of meeting Phil's friend, but the smallest possible shade of anxiety was mingled with the feeling as she glanced at her very small and not too heavily-loaded table. "Besides," continued Phil, "George is such a splendid fellow, and, as maybe you remember, lived with us long ago.
I hope I shan't be the last," returned Pax languidly, for he was still weak from the effects of the partial roasting and suffocation he had undergone. "Miss Lillycrop desired me to come and see you," resumed Miss Stivergill. "She has told me how bravely you tried to rescue poor little Bones, who " "Not much hurt, I hope?" asked the boy eagerly. "No, very little scarcely at all, I'm glad to say.
May will be glad to meet him; and he saved Mr Blurt's life, so you see " "Saved Mr Blurt's life!" interrupted Miss Lillycrop.
She had barely terminated this musical performance, and recovered the serenity of her aspect, when Miss Lillycrop burst in upon her with unwonted haste and excitement. "My darling Maria!" she exclaimed, breathlessly, flinging her bonnet on a chair and seizing both the hands of her friend, "I am so glad you're at home. It's such an age since I saw you!
"To Tottie Bones!" said Miss Lillycrop, with an excited movement that ground some of her bonnet to straw-powder. Miss Stivergill did not raise her eyes or whistle at this. She merely put her head a little on one side and smiled. "I knew it, my dear at least I felt sure it would come to this, though it is sooner than I expected.
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