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Pennypoker's foot slipped and plunged deep down into the clay; and, on her withdrawing it, she was horrified to feel that her foot was slowly but surely pulling out of her gaiter, instead of pulling her gaiter out with it. In vain she had attempted to work her foot down into her shoe once more; in vain she had endeavored to hook her bent toes into it, with a hold sufficient to draw it out.
It was late that night when the party finally broke up and went to their tents; it was later still before the usual gentle snores arose from Mrs. Pennypoker's corner. Soon afterwards, the silence of the night was broken by the sound of stealthy footsteps, coming up the river bank from the engineers' tents.
She'll never forgive you, if you send her off; and what's more, I hope she won't; so there, now!" "Alice!" And there was no mistaking the meaning of Mrs. Pennypoker's tone. "I don't care if 'tis!" exclaimed Allie, with illogical recklessness. "You're just too mean, and I don't blame Janey one bit." "Alice!" repeated Mrs. Pennypoker. "You may go to your room, and not leave it again to-day.
"Then why haven't you been to church?" asked the doctor. But Wang Kum only replied with a scarcely perceptible shrug. "Wang, didn't you hear Dr. Hornblower speak to you?" asked Mrs. Pennypoker sharply. Wang still stood gazing on the ground and nodding his head in a slow, thoughtful way which communicated a rhythmic undulation to his pigtail. At Mrs. Pennypoker's question, he glanced up.
Pennypoker's frown grow deeper at every moment. "Just look at Janey!" Howard had whispered to his sister, as the maid came in at dinner-time, with the strings of her dainty white cap tied under her chin, and the point standing up from her forehead like an old woman's poke bonnet. Mrs. Pennypoker caught the whisper.
"I'm all right; only I'm so warm, and my throat's a good deal sore," Ned answered; then he settled back under the blankets, and closed his eyes again. Louise watched him closely for a moment. In spite of Mrs. Pennypoker's assurances, this was not like any form of indigestion she had ever seen, and she determined to send Wang Kum for Dr. Brownlee. From past experience, she knew that Mrs.
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