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He was still of an open mind when the girl of a sudden cried, gleefully, "Ma-ma, ma-ma!" and pointed, with her muff, across the street. The word was as meaningless to Tommy as mother had been to her, but he saw that she was drawing his attention to a woman some thirty yards away.
The baby scolds himself with gusto, uttering reproof in the very tone of his elders: "No, no," "Naughty," or "Dirty," or "Baby shocked." Speech, then, is imitative from the first, if we except the early baby sounds with reduplication of consonants to which in course of time definite meaning becomes attached, as "Ba-ba," "Ma-ma," "Na-na," "Ta-ta," and so forth.
When the young man had gone back, filled full of hope, to his prison, the gaolers made their report to the Governor, who had already summoned ma-ma Lu. In the audience chamber the old woman knelt down and was quite overcome. The judge began by ordering her forty strokes for having acted as an abettor of corruption. The flesh of her thighs was nothing but a bloody paste. She told the whole story.
Now, if you want to know what she was like, you must just think of your own dearest dear mummie. At least that was what she seemed to little Prince Akbar, who, at the sight of her, held out his little fat arms and crowed, "Amma! Amma!" Now, this, you will observe, is only English "Ma-Ma" arranged differently; from which you may guess that English and Indian children are really very much alike.
My effect upon him was very pleasing to me, and I ventured still more grandly: "Pleasant day, Piney." Then he found his voice, "Ma-ma come quick!" he shrieked. "Davy Malcolm's runnin' away with a lady!" This announcement brought Mrs. Savercool from the house, and in a few bounds she was before us, checking our further advance with a wide-spread apron.
Chia's coffers had gradually become empty; and now his hand could no longer keep pace with his wishes. But the ancient ma-ma remained patient. In the meanwhile the Judge had learned that his son was frequenting the theatre, and sent him repeated orders to return home.
She bathed her eyes well in the cold spring water brought by Tom that she always found in the jug outside her door in the morning, and removed such traces of tears as she could; and nobody noticed when she went out to breakfast that her eyelids were puffy and her nose a bit red. The moment Rafe caught sight of her he began to squall, supposedly like an infant, crying: "Ma-ma! Ma-ma!
For Ma-ma and Me-me, as names of Gula, see chapter viii. Gudea manifests a fondness for giving to his pantheon as large a compass as possible.
Witla was quite nice and young. "Ma-ma," she said, "did you look out of the window at Mr. Witla's?" "Yes, my dear!" "Wasn't that a beautiful view?" "Charming." "I should think you might like to live on the Drive sometime, ma-ma." "We may sometime." Mrs. Dale fell to musing. Certainly Eugene was an attractive man young, brilliant, able. What a mistake all the young men made, marrying so early.
"Well, I wouldn't say anything to them about the music-box, dearie." Gladys smiled. "I know. You think I'd be sorry after I let it go; but if I am I'll talk with Vera." Ellen laughed. "Do you think it will always be enough for you to hear her say 'Ma-ma, Pa-pa?" she asked. Gladys smiled and looked affectionately at her good friend; but her lips closed tightly together.
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