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Updated: May 11, 2025
They were waiting till a friend should have completed her "cure" at Pau, and the Peterkins were glad also to wait for the appearance of Agamemnon, who might arrive in the next steamer. One of the little boys was sure he had heard Agamemnon's voice the morning after they left New York, and was certain he must have been on board the vessel. Mr. Peterkin was not so sure.
What strides those Peterkins have taken, to be sure, and what a big house he has built with such a funny name. "Le Batteau", which, as he pronounces it, sounds like Lubber-too! It is just finished, and they have moved into it. I have not been there, but Tom has, and he says it fairly glitters, it is so gorgeous, and looks inside like those chariots which come with circuses.
We barked at him and Fido thought he was trying to play with us and went up too close and do you know, that wicked man caught Fido in the thing at the end of the stick and carried him to a wagon and dumped him in with a lot of other dogs!" "The Dog Catcher!" cried Raggedy Ann. "Yes!" said Peterkins, as he wiped his eyes with his paws. "It was the dog catcher!
Postmasters were always so obliging, and always knew where people were going to, and where to send their letters. She might, at least, write two letters, to say that they the Peterkins had arrived, and were disappointed not to find the Sylvesters. And she could add that their trunks had not arrived, and perhaps their friends might look out for them on their way.
Peterkin were summoned to the stage, and formed the background, standing on stools; in front were Agamemnon and Solomon John, leaving room for Elizabeth Eliza between; a little in advance, and in front of all, half kneeling, were the little boys, in their india-rubber boots. The audience rose to an exclamation of delight, "The Peterkins!" "P-Turk-Inns!"
"Can't," said Maggie, "for I'll love 'em." "Well, at least promise you won't love him." "Can't," said Maggie again, "for I shall." "I'll die of raging jealousy," said Peterkins. "No, you won't, you silly boy. Get off to the house and make yourself tidy. Come along, Belle." "I say, Maggie," said Belle, "you mustn't set those two boys by the ears. They're fond enough of each other."
A shudder ran through the whole assembly, the house seemed so uninhabited; and some of the guests were inclined to go away. The Peterkins saw it all through the long library-windows. "What shall we do?" said Mr. Peterkin. "We have said we should be 'At Home." "And here we are, all out-of-doors among the hollyhocks," said Elizabeth Eliza. "There are no Peterkins to 'receive," said Mr.
For another surprise stunned her, there were three Mrs. Peterkins! Not only Mrs. Bromwick, but their opposite neighbor, had induced Amanda to take dresses of Mrs. Peterkin's from the top of the trunks, and had come in at the same moment with the lady from Philadelphia, ready to receive. She stood in the middle of the bow-window at the back of the room, the two others in the corners.
"Are you really Jack?" she said. "I am so glad to know you. I have been making friends with your brother Andrew, whom I call Peterkins. I want to call you Jackdaw. May I?" Jack felt a great lump in his throat. His face was scarlet. He felt unable to speak, but he nodded. "I have been looking at Peterkins's rabbits," continued Maggie. "I want to see yours after lunch."
And so it was that the Peterkins had their Christmas-tree the day before, and on Christmas night could go and visit their neighbors. TWAS important to have a tea-party, as they had all been invited by everybody, the Bromwicks, the Tremletts, and the Gibbonses.
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