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Updated: May 12, 2025
They were in constant request at the Ewes, and the girls rode them lightly and actively, with the table-boy, Sandy, at their heels, as readily as they walked. Perhaps Joanna was the least given to the practice, though she availed herself of it on this domestic occasion. Joanna was a deception, as her mother said.
In reply "Ma" wrote some humorous verses. The dinner was given in the same native shed as before. As the table-boy passed the soup, one of the men made as if to begin. "Ma," who was sitting beside him, put her hand on his and said, "No, you don't, my boy, until the blessing is asked," and then she said grace.
Miss Meiggs's "What!" was almost a shriek. Foo, the table-boy, brought her just then a plate of creamy rarebit. He had a jacket of luminous green silk, with the fraternity monogram in white, and he wore his cue hanging. But the fragrance of the rarebit and the splendor of Foo's toilet were alike lost upon the aroused Miss Meiggs. Such a statement, from this man of all others!
He sat alone, being perfectly invited by a perfect Chinese servant to order as he pleased, and found himself served with his first desire an ice-cold, sherried grapefruit, which, the table-boy proudly informed him, was "grown on the ranch."
It was not long before they were all seated at an extended table in the big living-room that same room which had been the scene of tragedy and suffering for them, but was now so filled with joy. "Mrs. Quinn sent over the cake," Lucia announced, as the table-boy brought in a huge dish, on which was a chocolate cake of magnificent proportions.
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