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'Nobody as I knows on, replied Topsy, with a laugh. 'Spect I grow'd. Don't think nobody ever made me. 'Do you know how to sew? asked Miss Ophelia, quite shocked. 'No, missis. 'What can you do? What did you do for your master and mistress? 'Fetch water, and wash dishes, and clean knives, and wait on folks. 'Well, now, Topsy, I'm going to show you just how my bed is to be made.
"Who is doing the work, Maria?" I asked, after a minute. "Miss Daisy," she said, "dere aint no happenin' at all widout de Lord lets it happen. Dere is much contrairy in dis world, fact, dere is! but I 'spect de Lord make it all up to us by'm by." And she turned her face full upon me with a smile of so much quiet resting in that truth, that for just a moment it silenced me.
And now, Miss Hannah, don't you be cast down about this here misfortin'; it's nothin' of no fault of yours; everybody 'spects you for a well-conducted young 'oman; an' you is no ways 'countable for your sister's mishaps. Why, there was my own Aunt Dolly's step-daughter's husband's sister-in-law's son as was took up for stealin' of sheep. But does anybody 'spect me the less for that?
I don't think she's dead, though, 'cos daddy wouldn't let me talk about her, only just lately, since he was ill. You see," he went on with an explanatory wave of the hand, "daddy's been a very bad man. He's better now leastways, he ain't so bad as he was; but I 'spect that's why mammy went away. Don't you?" "I daresay, Freddy," Matravers answered softly.
"Your old wool'll be just right in Germany," remarked Harriett. "Mm." "You ought to do it in basket plaits like Sarah." "I wish I could. I can't think how she does it." "Ike spect it's easy enough." "Mm." "But you're all right, anyhow." "Anyhow, it's no good bothering when you're plain." "You're not plain." Miriam looked sharply round. "Go on, Gooby." "You're not. You don't know.
The expression of welcome died out of the four faces, their cheeks grew white; Kitty flew to the rescue. "I'm jolly glad it isn't my luggage," murmured Dan, preparing to follow. "She shouldn't have left it there," said Betty primly. "I expect it's our shoes she's felled over," whispered Tony in a scared voice. "I jumped over them when I came down, but I don't 'spect Aunt Pike could."
"I 'spect you would. And, Father, you said I could cry till about Tuesday, didn't you?" "Why, yes; but make it a little shorter spell each day, and, if perfectly convenient, arrange to do it when I'm at home." "Oh, Father, that's the time I won't cry! When you're here to talk to me." "You don't say so! Then I'll retire from business, close up my office, and stay at home all day hereafter.
Don't know whether he's rich or not, but 'spect he ain't becuz no man with money'd live like he does." He thrust a long forefinger into Mr. Birnes' face. "And stingy! He's so stingy he won't let nobody come in the house scared they'll wear the furniture out looking at it." "How long has he lived here?" "There ain't nobody in this town old enough to say.
"I 'spect we shall find we look right over the flat from here," whispered Joses, sinking his voice for no apparent reason, save the caution engendered by years of risky life with neighbours at hand always ready to shed blood. "And we should be easily seen from a distance, I suppose?" responded Bart. "That's so, Master Bart.
"There's Delawares, Shawnees and Hurons all along the Ohio below Fort Henry." "Where is the Moravian Mission located?" "Why, lad, the Village of Peace, as the Injuns call it, is right in the midst of that Injun country. I 'spect it's a matter of a hundred miles below and cross-country a little from Fort Henry." "The fort must be an important point, is it not?" "Wal, I guess so.
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