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There's about the thimble, and yes, I did see them all three. I'm glad I saw them. I won't tell now, for I'd only be punished; but if I don't tell, and pretend I'm going to, Paulie will have to pay me to keep silent. That will be fun." The days passed, and Pauline continued to look pale, and Miss Tredgold became almost unreasonably anxious about her.
I'll bring it with me to-morrow, so don't fuss. Now jump up, Paulie; we have no time to lose." Accordingly Pauline got up, dressed herself very awkwardly, it is true and went downstairs, leaning on Nancy's sympathetic arm. Nancy consulted the cook, who was good-natured and red-faced.
No sooner had her head touched the pillow than sweet unconsciousness visited her. She slept without dreaming, and was at last awakened by the shouts of her sisters. "Paulie, get up. It's your birthday. Oh, do dress yourself fast! There's such a lot of fun going on! We are to have a whole holiday, and Aunt Sophy is so delightful. And what do you think?
She had exercised a glamour over them all day, which now became greater than ever. Was she not their queen? Oh, yes, until midnight she was their own dear and absolutely beautiful queen. An hour was still left of her sovereignty. She had quite stolen their hearts; they loved her like anything. "What is it, Paulie?" said Briar. "I must tell you," said Pauline. "I know you won't betray me."
"To you, my dear, it would have been stiff, for you are not yet accustomed to self-restraint, but to those who belong to that world it was nothing short of enchantment." "But you were in fetters," said Pauline; "and I should hate fetters however jolly they looked." "What do you mean by that?" "Why, you know you are putting them on us." "Hush, Paulie!" said Verena.
When she awoke the storm was over, the sun was shining, and Verena was standing at the foot of her bed. "Do get up, Paulie," she said. "How soundly you have slept! And your face is so flushed! And, oh, aren't you just starving? We only discovered last night that you hadn't touched any of your food." "I'm all right," said Pauline. "You will try to be good to-day, won't you, Paulie?
Had she not done so her sister would have gone to her, and begged and prayed, as such a sweet girl might, for the confidence of Pauline. Verena had to get into bed feeling lonely and unhappy. Just as she was doing so she heard a firm step walking down the corridor. A hand turned the handle of Pauline's door, and Verena heard Pen's voice say: "It's me, Paulie. It's me. Let me in, Paulie."
"Whatever can be wrong?" she said. "You seemed so lively out in the open air." "Oh, you do look bad, Paulie!" said Nancy. "It is that terrible fasting you went through to-day. My dear girls, what do you think?
"No," said Pauline, instantly smiling and dimpling. "Oh, Nancy, such fun!" She dived into her pocket and produced Miss Tredgold's thimble. "Oh, I say!" cried Nancy. "What a beauty! Who in the world gave you this treasure, Paulie?" "It isn't mine at all; it belongs to Aunt Sophia." "You sly little thing! You took it from her?" "No, I didn't. I'm not a thief.
I was very nearly shutting up of my eyes, and closing of my lips, and stretching myself out and lying drownded and still on the top of the waves. I was in as big a danger as Pauline, every bit." "But you didn't get ill afterwards, as Paulie did," said the other girls.
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