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He had not gone more than a dozen steps, before he heard the soft pat-pat behind him, and on looking back could see nothing but the waving grass to indicate the whereabouts of his erstwhile assailant. "So I am to be followed, am I? Well, all right." Then, as an afterthought: "I wonder how I can catch him when I want him.
"Yo' sho' scaihs me. Run along and git ready fo' dinnah." Though Hortense lingered, Aunt Esmerelda would not say another word, and finally Hortense went to change her dress. "They could hear the soft pat-pat of padded feet in the hall." Dinner was served in the large dining room. Friendly clusters of candles stood on the round mahogany table and made little pools of light on its bright surface.
Suddenly I heard her give a bound, then the sound of a heavy lid falling and then, after a minute or two of complete silence, the soft pat-pat of her slippered feet descending the stair. Half-past three. Waiting till she was well down the second flight, I pushed my door ajar and, flying down the hall, peered over the balustrade in time to see her entering her room.
Now and then through the day I hear a soft pat-pat on the hard-wood floor, at intervals of a few seconds, and realize that my pet toad, which has voluntarily taken up its abode in an old bowl on the closet floor, is taking his afternoon outing, and with his always seemingly inconsistent lightning tongue is picking up his casual flies at three inches sight around the base-board.
Then Larry whispered, "Run now, and if you fall, never wait to rise but run till we get to Tom Daly's house!" Then they ran! The soft pat-pat of their bare feet on the dirt road was not heard by the Tinkers, and soon another turn in the road hid them from view, but, for all that, they ran and ran, ever so far, until some houses were in sight.
Indeed I did not; the sweet baby-face full of glee was irresistible; so was the pat-pat of the two dimpled hands on her mother's shoulders. With a longing all women can understand, I held out my own arms. "I wonder if she will come to me?" said I. But though I got a smile, the little hands closed still more tightly round the mother's neck.
Only the very wretched or very wicked haunted such habitations. Hugging the wall, Johnny sidled along toward 316. He knew the spot exactly, for though Johnny had never been of the underworld, he had spent many a restless night prowling about in all parts of the city. Suddenly he flattened out in a doorway and stood motionless, breathing quietly. Had he heard the faint pat-pat of footsteps?
"He has to keep up his reputation," said Highboy. "Ssh," said White Owl, "I hear the cat." Everybody became as still as a mouse. Coal and Ember crouched, ready to spring, and Highboy and Lowboy, rather frightened, took hold of hands and pressed against the wall. They could hear the soft pat-pat of padded feet in the hall. Two yellow eyes shone in the doorway, and the Cat entered.
After an early dinner he started, attended by many palki-bearers and the old servant. The moon rose bright and glorious and bathed the picturesque country in soft radiance. The silence of the forest was broken only by the rhythmic cries of the bearers and the pat-pat of their feet. The first stream was reached and the bearers asked for a halt.
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