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What right had Clorinda to tell about her apron, or drive her down stairs? She cast an imploring glance at Dolf, but he looked resolutely away. "Come in, gemmen, out ob sight ob dis obstinit chile," cried Clorinda, almost sweeping poor little Vic down with a flourish of her skirts. "No," interposed gentlemanly Dolf, who had a genius for keeping out of storms.
'I don't believe as she's a workin' girl at all, 'Lizabeth remarked mysteriously to her mother, afterwards. 'She's Mrs. Ormind's daughter, as has runned away from her 'ome, an' that's the truth of it. 'Don't be silly, 'Lizabeth! Why, there ain't no more likeness than in that there cabbage! 'I don't care. That's what I think, an' think it I always shall, choose what! 'You always was obstinit!
"Well, I didn't say there was, obstinit," said Jem. "Here, give us an egg. Fruit and young wood's all werry well; but there's no spoons and no salt!" In spite of these drawbacks, and amid a series of remarks on the convenience of cooking cauldrons all over the place, Jem made a hearty meal of new laid eggs, which they had just finished when Ngati looked up and seized his spear.
Boys is wery obstinit, and wery lazy, Gen'l'men, and there's nothink like a good hot blaze to make 'em come down vith a run. It's humane too, gen'l'men, acause, even if they've stuck in the chimbley, roasting their feet makes 'em struggle to hextricate theirselves.
Mountain's a harder man than your father, my dear. An' I fear as Joe's a bit wild, like his father when he was a boy, and obstinit. Theer niver was a obstinater man i' this earth than Samson Mountain, I do believe, an' Joe's got a bit on it in him. 'She's pretty, said Dick, returning with sudden childish inconsequence to the subject uppermost in his thoughts.
'Twelve year, replied the cobbler, biting the end of his pipe as he spoke. 'Contempt? inquired Sam. The cobbler nodded. 'Well, then, said Sam, with some sternness, 'wot do you persevere in bein' obstinit for, vastin' your precious life away, in this here magnified pound?
The next day it was known all over the village that the Squire had left town, without giving out definitely when he would return. "Squire's kinder obstinit, but arter all he knows w'en he's licked," observed Abner, which was substantially the view generally taken of the magnate's retirement from the field.
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