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"Certainly I do," said the superintendent. "It is a palpable fraud. This boy is a precocious young swindler, and will come to a bad end." "I have a different opinion of him." "You are deceived in him, then. I have no doubt he got up the letter himself." "I don't agree with you. I have seen the letter; it is in Captain Rushton's handwriting.
Rushton's favourite arm-chair. The dearest of all her dear dogs, Scamp, came and laid his black muzzle beside her ear, as if he knew the whole case and wanted to mourn with her. Two hours passed; Hetty listened intently for every sound, and wondered impatiently why Mr. and Mrs. Enderby did not arrive.
Hetty had frocks of all the colours of the rainbow, and learned to make saucy speeches which entertained Mrs. Rushton's visitors. She sat beside her new mamma as she drove in her victoria in the park; and on Mrs.
Rushton's eyes flashed, and she did her brother the injustice of thinking that he feared her adoption of little Hetty would in some way interfere with the worldly interests of his own children. She was not accustomed to seek far for other people's meanings and motives, and generally seized on the first which presented itself to her mind.
Rushton's little daughter I never heard that he was married, or had any children. Pretty little thing!" And Verty smiled. Suddenly a heavy hand was laid upon his shoulder, and a gruff, stern voice said: "What are you doing, sir?" Verty turned quickly; Mr. Rushton stood before him gloomy, forbidding, with a heavy frown upon his brow.
"Oh! she loves me, for one thing," said Hetty; "and then she makes me pray to God. I never heard about God at Mrs. Rushton's; and Miss Davis always told me I made him angry. Mrs. Kane's God is so kind. I would like to make him fond of me." "You have a strange startling way of saying things, Hetty. You must try and be more like other children. Mrs.
'Oh, no they won't, Rushton's too artful for that. It seems the agent is a pal of 'is, and they worked it between 'em. 'Wot a bloody cheek, though! exclaimed Harlow. 'Oh, that's nothing to some of the things I've known 'em do before now, said the man on the pail. 'Why, don't you remember, back in the summer, that carved hoak hall table as Rushton pinched out of that 'ouse on Grand Parade?
As if in answer to his wish, Nimrod entered the office at that moment, and in reply to Rushton's query said that to give the walls and ceiling three coats of paint would cost about three pounds five for time and material. Between them the two brain workers figured that fifteen pounds would cover the entire cost of the work painting and decorating.
Now and then some of them came over and walked a little distance by their side, inquiring whether there was any news of another job at Rushton's. When they were about half-way down the Parade, just near the Fountain, Crass and his mates encountered a number of men on whose arms were white bands with the word 'Collector' in black letters.
And then she would kiss and fondle it with all manner of endearing words, and cry bitterly. Easton did not see or hear most of this; he only knew that she was very ill; for he went out every day on the almost hopeless quest for work. Rushton's had next to nothing to do, and most of the other shops were in a similar plight.
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