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It would do for him to call me in by, and much less trouble than ringing that clumsy bell. Biddy went off to look at the whistle. It was a very neat one, in the shape of a dog's head, and she at once decided upon it, for she had great faith in Rough's opinion as to what papa would like.
It was not a kind thing to say, but then Rough's heart was sore and anxious, and when one feels so it is difficult not to be cross and sharp. All their hearts were sore, I think. Children jump on so fast in their minds. Bride and Rough, and Alie too, I daresay, had fancied to themselves that once 'downstairs' again papa would seem directly like himself, and this news was a great disappointment.
The elderly gentleman's face became scarlet and his nose purple, and retreating two paces, he slammed the door violently in the rough's face. "Ah, it all comes of over-feedin', poor feller," said the lively man, shouldering his shovel and resuming his walk beside his gloomy comrade, who neither smiled nor frowned at these pleasantries.
There stood Biddy, as quiet as a mouse, though her heart was beating fast, till, after one or two whispered directions 'That isn't quite straight, 'Put the chairs by the fire, Celestina, and so on came Rough's voice 'Now, Biddy. Open your eyes. And 'open her eyes' she did, though she half shut them again the next minute, and then had to rub them to make sure they were not tricking her.
Rough's got a letter for him, but we don't know if it's a shop or only a house. 'Mr. Fairchild's, repeated the little girl, 'he's my father; it's our shop. I'll show it you, and a faint pink flush of excitement came into her pale face. These were the Rectory young ladies, she had been sure of it when she saw them in the bazaar. Fancy wouldn't mother be surprised to see them coming in with her?
She choked them down as well as she could. And the little face, hot and flushed now, was timidly raised to her mother's for a kiss of forgiveness. It was not refused, but a sigh accompanied it, which went to the child's heart. But there was no time for more, as at that moment the hall door was heard to open and Mr. Vane's and Rough's voices sounded outside.
The boys just then were bringing up a motherless lamb by hand and they would put it with the sheep, and to feed it during the day were obliged to catch a ewe with milk. The lamb trotted at Caleb's heels like a dog, and one day when it was hungry and crying to be fed, when Rough happened to be sitting on her haunches close by, it occurred to him that Rough's milk might serve as well as a sheep's.
Celestina took hold of her hand gently. 'Don't, Biddy dear, she whispered. 'Perhaps when the doctor goes you'll see him; which did Bridget far more good than if she had overheard, as she luckily did not, Rough's remark to Alie: 'I don't think she's any right to grumble when it's all her doing.
An expression of great surprise, mingled with a little pity, flitted across her when she heard the elder girl's words 'What a pity, Biddy, you don't care for dolls! and it was with intense interest she listened to Bridget's reply. 'I would care for them, Alie, if I had any one to play at them with me. But you think you're too big I think you've always thought yourself too big and Rough's a boy.
They were not required to go into action; the stranger could not long endure Rough's savage aspect, and very soon he got up and resumed his travels. The shepherd remembered another curious incident in Rough's career. At one time when she had a litter of pups at home she was yet compelled to be a great part of the day with the flock of ewes as they could not do without her.
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