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But there was nothing to be seen; whatever he had heard had passed already. Next morning, their neighbor, the artist, passed by, carrying a paint-box and a large roll of canvas. "Help the gentleman to carry his box of colors," said the woman to the boy; and he obeyed instantly, took the box, and followed the painter.
A long streak of burnt sienna marked one finger, and her nails had little slices of various colours in them. Her paint-box was always hard to open. Usually Mr. Underwood saw nothing. But when he saw anything he saw everything. His eye was caught by the green smudge on her pink sleeve. "I wish you would contrive to keep yourself clean, or else wear a pinafore," he said. Betty flushed scarlet.
She had helped him with his lessons, for it was Dr. Lavendar's rule that Monday's lessons were to be learned on Friday; and now they had come in here because the old mahogany table was so large that David could have a fine clutter of gilt-edged saucers from his paint-box spread all around.
The Emîr himself admired his general usefulness, and the sons of Mûsa paid him money for his services. As a result of all this bustle there were fewer visits to the house of Mîtri, while the book and paint-box were perforce laid by. The excitement of Elias grew with every day.
But Macleod himself seemed, with some powerful effort of will, to have got the better of his sudden and fierce hate; he sat down again; he spoke in a low voice, but there was a dark look in his eyes. "No," said he, slowly, "she has not told me all about it. Well, she did tell me about a poor creature a woman-man a thing of affectation, with his paint-box and his velvet coat, and his furniture.
It was one of the most heroic personal services I've ever seen rendered. Then Mrs. Monarch turned away with a low sigh and, looking about her as if for something to do, stooped to the floor with a noble humility and picked up a dirty rag that had dropped out of my paint-box.
So they went and sat in the conservatory, not to disturb any one. But very soon they came back, Chris crying, and saying, "It couldn't be the right one, Arthur;" and Arthur frowning, and saying, "It is the right story; but it's stuff. I'll tell you what that book's good for, Chris. To paint the pictures. And you've got a new paint-box." So Mother said, "What's the matter?"
"We're awful glad to see you!" In a whirlwind of ejaculation and unanswerable interrogation they grappled the clothes case, the paint-box, the easel, and dragged him toward the house. He saw his old mother seated in a rocking-chair by the table. She had laid aside her paper and was adjusting her glasses as she scanned the darkness. "Hello, mother!" cried Hawker, as he entered.
At bedtime he put the paint-box under his pillow, and got hardly a wink of sleep; for, all night long, his fancy was painting pictures in the darkness. In the morning he hurried to the garret, and was seen no more till the dinner- hour; nor did he give himself time to eat more than a mouthful or two of food before he hurried back to the garret again.
'Pretty island, said the Lamb; 'paint-box sands and sea all shiny sparkly. His brothers and sisters had often wondered whether he remembered that island. Now they knew that he did. 'Yes, said Cyril; 'no more cheap return trips by carpet for us that's a dead cert. They were all talking about the carpet, but what they were all thinking about was the Phoenix.
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