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'Why, when I got her at old Spicer's sale for twenty-two and sixpence, Poulter was beside himself at my luck, and said she was worth double that any day, and he would give it me if I got tired of her. Now, if I'd only known yesterday, I could have done it myself, but I can't go, and I can't write but if you could but send or take it to Poulter, and get the money for me!
They have no basis. 'I understand, said Mrs. Poulter, 'that Helen is a Dissenter. Miss Taggart, as the reader has been told, was not particularly fond of Mrs. Poulter and Mr. Goacher, but to stay with Mrs. Mudge and Miss Everard was impossible.
A sorrowful expression came over the old man's face as he said with much fervour: "God bless you, my dear. May He keep you from pain and all harm." Mavis was seized with a sudden impulse. She took the white head in her warm arms and kissed him fondly on the forehead. Mr Poulter turned away and pretended to have trouble with one of his dancing pumps.
"Well, now, I can put you into the way of making at least three or four times as much as that. Listen! I am Alexander Poulter, of Poulter's Pills. I have a proposal to make to you. The scheme is bound to succeed, but I want your help. Accept my proposal and your fortune's made. Did you ever hear Moody and Sankey?" he asked abruptly.
'Much obliged, Mrs. Poulter, but I want a piece of FAT white fat just there, pointing to it with her fork. Mrs. Poulter, as we have said, was at enmity with Mrs. Mudge. Mrs. Mudge also was Low Church; and Mrs. Poulter was High. She had just returned from a High Church service at St. Paul's, and the demand for an undue share of fat was particularly irritating. 'Really, Mrs.
About half-past six Miss Toller put on her best clothes and appeared in the dining-room. Helen punctually served the dinner. A seat was allotted to Miss Toller at the bottom of the table opposite Miss Everard and next to Mr. Goacher, who faced Mrs. Poulter. Mrs. Mudge's wine was produced, and Mr. Goacher graciously poured out a glass for Miss Toller. 'At this festive season, ma'am.
Poulter, involuntarily falling in with Tom's enthusiasm, and drawing the sword so suddenly that Tom leaped back with much agility. "Oh, but, Mr. Poulter, if you're going to do the exercise," said Tom, a little conscious that he had not stood his ground as became an Englishman, "let me go and call Philip. He'll like to see you, you know." "What! the humpbacked lad?" said Mr.
After Mr Poulter had congratulated her and her absent husband, he said: "I fear you would not care to undertake any accompanying." "But I should." "As you did before?" "Certainly!" It was then arranged that Mavis should commence work at the academy on that day, for much the same terms she was paid before.
'Do, papa, she said, 'if you are not too tired. And yet she had thought how probable it might be that she should meet John Broughton on her walk. And so it was arranged; but, just as dinner was over, Mr. Woolsworthy remembered himself. 'Gracious me, he said, 'how my memory is going! Gribbles, from Ivybridge, and old John Poulter, from Bovey, are coming to meet here by appointment.
She always brightened up when Mavis came into the room, and was ever keenly interested in the latest news from the academy, particularly in Mr Poulter's physical and economic wellbeing. Seeing how make-believe inquiries of Mr Poulter after his accompanist's health cheered the lonely old woman, Mavis had no compunction in employing these white lies to brighten Miss Nippett's monotonous days.
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