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Updated: June 27, 2025
He himself plays the heroic parts; a spindle-shanked, barber's apprentice sort of fellow, takes the aged father parts; and there's a matron, well advanced in years, who acts the young missies. They are now making ready to give a representation this evening.
"Fanny Crawford is our cousin," said Sylvia, "and we hate her most awfully." "Oh, my dear young missies! but hate is a weed a noxious weed that ought to be pulled up out o' the ground o' your hearts." "It is taking deep root in mine," said Sylvia. "And in mine," said Hester. "But please let us tell you the rest, Mrs. Miles.
The dresses of court and all were a mixture of splendor and tawdriness that exhausted the savings and pilferings of a twelvemonth. Good-natured "missies" often helped make these outfits. They were of velvet, silk, satin, cotton lace, false flowers, the brilliant seeds of the licorice and coquelicot, tinsel, beads, and pinch-beck. Sometimes mistresses even lent firmly sewed fast their own jewelry.
"You may reckon on one thing, missies that I won't tell what you done on the common, for if I did you'd be punished pretty sharp." "You may tell if you like, Harris," said Betty. "I shouldn't dream of asking you to keep a secret." "I won't, all the same," said Harris. The walk continued without any more exciting occurrences; and when the girls reached the farm they were greeted by Mrs.
Constance's face showed the final contortions of that horrified incredulity which is forced to believe. Sophia nudged her violently to remind her that they were in the street, and also quite close to Mr. Povey. "Now, my little missies," said the vile Hollins. "Three pence a pint, and how's your honoured mother to-day? Yes, fresh, so help me God!"
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