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You was quite a chunk of a girl then. Minervy an' me was bee-ranchin' over t' the Verdugo, that spring.
"Are you Miss Caroline, ma'am?" said her guide to her respectfully, as he tried to shorten his lengthy strides. "Yes, my name is Carolan," she replied, trying to hide a smile. "Thought so, ma'am. I heerd the boss a-tellin' Miss Grainger as you would be a-comin' to Chinkie's on yer way up ter Minervy Downs. Here's the 'Queen's, miss, an' there's the boss and his sister and Mr.
Later Minervy and her "nine haid ob chillern" betook themselves into the town of Annapolis where matrimonial opportunities were greater, and, sure enough, before two months were gone by she presented herself to Peggy, smiling and coy, to ask: "Please, ma'am, is yo' got any ol' white stuff wha' I could use fer a bridal veil?" "A BRIDAL veil?" repeated Peggy, horrified at this new development.
"Nun's veilin'? Nun's veilin'?" hesitated Minervy. "But I ain' NO NUN, mistiss, I'se a WIDDER. I ain' got no kind er use fer dem nunses wha' don' never mahry. I'se been a mahryin' 'oman, I is." "Well you must choose your own veil then," Mrs. Harold managed to reply.
So that by the time she felt morally free to spend the rest of the afternoon as she pleased, she was not at all sorry for Marthy for having lost Minervy; instead, she was sorry for herself for having been betrayed into rashness and for being deprived of a playmate. "I don't s'pose Marthy doctored her right, at all," she considered pitilessly, as she returned down the lilac-bordered path.
You've always kinda took the place of my Minervy to me, Billy Louise; and I won't bother yuh much longer." "Oh, of course I will! The stage will go up this forenoon. I'll send a note to Seabeck. It won't be any bother at all. What shall I say? Just that you want to see him?" "I kin write it m'self, I guess, if you'll bring me a pencil and paper. I can't seem t' git used to a pen.
"Let Ben an' aunt Minervy dish up an' wait on 'em. They won't miss me. Thar's nuthin' in this worl' a gormandizin' man kin miss at meal-times, 'ceptin' teeth." Selwyn made no comment on this touch of reprisal in Narcissa's manner. If old Persimmon Sneed had deemed her coming forth to meet them superfluous, she in her own good judgment could deem her presence at table an empty show.
Minervy continued to shriek and howl, while Mammy, scandalized beyond expression, scolded and stormed, and Jerome called from the hall below. Then Mrs. Harold's sense of humor came to her rescue and she had an inspiration, for she promptly decided that there was no element of grief in Minervy's emotions. "Minerva, Minerva, HAVE you ordered your mourning? You knew Joshua could not live," she cried.
He stood a gigantic, bearded shadow in the doorway, half ashamed, wholly repentant, dimly, vaguely fearful, and all responsive and quivering to the idea of flight. "I been studyin' some 'bout goin' ter Minervy Sue's in Georgy," he said creakingly, as if his voice had suffered from its unwonted disuse. "An' none too soon," said Bruce doggedly.
I used to have you rescue us from Indians and things, but mostly you were a road-agent or a robber, and when you weren't holding me or Minervy for ransom, I was generally leading you over some most ungodly trails, saving you from posses and things. I used," said Billy Louise, forcing a laugh, "to have some wild old times with you, believe me!
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