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"Yes, why didn't I, ma'am; which I wish I had, and would a done if it hadn't a been for that forring nuss a coming outen her room, and a screeching after me: "'Missus Winterblossom! Missus Winterblossom! which I allus told that huzzy as I wasn't a 'missus, but a 'miss, nor likewise a 'blossom, but a 'rose. Howsever, there she was, a yelling at the top of her voice, 'Missus Winterblossom!
I meets the daily nuss; and, Betsy, I was that overcome to have such a pardner propoged to me as I had to ring and ask the young woman immediate for a small glass of their oldest rum, being what I am not accustomed to but having had a turn.
"Did you give it him, ma'am?" asked the captain. "Give it him!" exclaimed Mrs Roby, with sudden energy, "of course I did. The poor boy was nigh starving. How could I refuse him? It is true I had not much to give, for the family I was with as nuss had failed and left me in great distress, through my savings bein' in their hands; and that's what brought me to this little room long, long ago ay, ay.
"Set a dog to mind a basket of meat when his chops is a-waterin' fer it! Set a kingfisher to take keer of a fish-pond! Set a cat to raisin' your orphan chickens on the bottle! Set a spider to nuss a fly sick with dyspepsy from eatin' too much molasses! I'd ruther trust a hen-hawk with a flock of patridges than to trust Betsey Malcolm with your affairs.
"'What they reely want, ses the skipper, turning to the mate, 'is keerful nussing. "'I wish you'd let me nuss 'em, ses the fust mate, 'only ten minutes I'd put 'em both on their legs, an' running for their lives into the bargain, in ten minutes. "'Hold your tongue, sir, ses the skipper; 'what you say is unfeeling, besides being an insult to me.
'He'll murder you, Nuss! said the sister, 'if he sees you! Don't come in! he's mad he's been going round on 'is 'ands and knees on the floor!" Hallin interrupted with a shout of laughter. Marcella laughed too; but to his amazement he saw that her hand shook, and that there were tears in her eyes.
So after her I goes, to give her her handkercher which I thought it was best to give it intor her own hands, than to put it anywhere in her room, because I didn't know nothing about this forring nuss o' hern; and you know yourself, ma'am, as we ought to be cautious in dealing with strangers." "Yes, yes! Go on! go on!" gasped Sybil.
"I could n't help comin'," said Nurse Byloe, "we do so love our babies, how can we help it, Miss Badlam?" The spinster colored up at the nurse's odd way of using the possessive pronoun, and dropped her eyes, as was natural on hearing such a speech. "I never tended children as you have, Nuss," she said.
Hamilton; while Polly continued: "And I wouldn't nuther, if she could hold a candle to the t'other one; but she can't. You'd no business to marry a second time, even if you didn't marry a nuss; neither has any man who's got grow'd-up gals, and a faithful critter like Polly in the kitchen. Stepmothers don't often do well, particularly them as is sot up by marryin'." Here Mr.
Thinks he is a very nice little man, but lives dreadful lonely up in his chamber. Wants the care of some capable nuss. Never pitied anybody more in her life, never see a more interestin' person. My intention was, when I began making these notes, to let them consist principally of conversations between myself and the other boarders.
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