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"No, papa" said Daisy; with too sweet and artless utterance for him to doubt her. "But, then, Daisy, we come back to the cause of your mother's displeasure. Good breeding requires that people should not be rude, even by silence." "Papa, I did not know how to be polite with truth." "You could have said you were very much obliged to your aunt." "But, I was not, papa." "Not obliged to her?"
What's it about: you so all dressed up, and flowers in the parlour and everything?" "Don't you see, papa? It's in honour of your coming downstairs again, of course." "Oh, so that's it," he said. "I never would 'a' thought of that, I guess." But Walter looked sidelong at his father, and gave forth his sly and knowing laugh. "Neither would I!" he said. Adams lifted his eyebrows jocosely.
"Where are you going to find these rules, Daisy," he said kindly, "which you are going to set up against mine?" "Papa, I do not set them up." "Where do you get them?" "Only in the Bible, papa." "You are a little child, Daisy; you are not quite old enough to be able to judge properly for yourself what the rules of that book are.
"The boy maybe wouldn't want to come with us, and besides, papa wouldn't let me run the auto, though I know which handles to turn, for I've watched him," Bert went on, with a firm belief that he could run the big car almost as well as could Mr. Bobbsey. "Well, when papa comes back I'm going to ask him to go after that boy and bring him with us," declared Freddie. "I don't like to see boys shook."
"The truth is, that I have made home so dreary, that my girls are ready to take the first means of escaping." Poor Margaret's tears sprang forth, and, looking up imploringly, she exclaimed, "Oh, papa, papa! it was no want of happiness! I could not help it. You know he had come before "
"There now, Jack," said his mother, "see what you've done, you've broken a nice egg and cost me a penny Here, Emma," she added, calling her daughter, "take the child away, there's a dear." Emma came at once, and walked off with the youngster, taking him out of harm's way. "Papa," said Ernest, after we had left the house, "Why didn't Mrs Heaton whip Jack when he trod on the egg?"
'Maurice, called his father, 'what does this mean? 'I only want to take home Ulick's picture. Then I'll let him out. 'What picture? 'That's my secret. 'This is not play, Maurice, said Albinia. 'Attend to papa. The boy swung the light shrub about with him in a manner fearful to behold, and looked irresolute.
'Do you mean to say that there is nothing, nothing? And as he repeated the question he pushed her away from his knees and stood up with an effort, leaning against the back of his chair. 'Dear papa, do not let this distress you. 'But is it so? Is there in truth nothing? 'Nothing, papa. Remember that she was not really my aunt. 'Nonsense, child! nonsense!
You know perfectly well that papa has been prejudiced against him all along, you know that his political position is just now one of the greatest difficulty, that every nerve and muscle is kept on the continual strain, that it is in the highest degree essential that further complications of every and any sort should be avoided.
Yorke's hospitality and served a secondary and more important purpose for her. "I wish papa were here; he would agree with me," sighed the girl. When the controversy was settled Miss Alice slipped off to gild the lily.
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