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"As I was sayin'," Matilda went on, after an aggravating silence, "there's company up to Marshs'." "Seems to me," Grandmother grunted, "that she'd better be payin' up the calls she owes in the neighbourhood than entertainin' strangers." This shaft pierced a vulnerable spot in Matilda's armour of self-esteem, for she still smarted under Madame Marsh's neglect. "The milkman says it's a woman.
"I heard from the milkman this morning," said Matilda, "that Marshs' company has gone." "Gone!" repeated Grandmother. "What for? I thought she had come to stay a spell." "Gone!" echoed Rosemary, in astonishment. "Did she go sudden?" queried Grandmother. "Well, in a way it was sudden, and in a way 'twasn't.
She had been busy in the kitchen and had not grasped the subject of the conversation, though the rumbling of it had reached her from afar. "Marshs' company," said both voices at once. "Oh!" Rosemary steadied herself for a moment against the back of her chair and then sat down. "Have you seen her?" asked Grandmother. "Yes." Rosemary's answer was scarcely more than a whisper.
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