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Updated: May 7, 2025
"But we can't," Freckles entered her prosaic protest, "'cause we're squattin'." "Well, get up then, yer'll have to; an' then if you stomp awful, an' holler 'On-ko on-ko! that's what they say at the thayertre I'll give yer somethin' else " "Wot?" demanded 206 suspiciously. "Don't yer wish I'd tell!" said 208, and began the minuet.
" And just yer wait till I'll tell yer they live on an island in a be-ee-u-tiful lake, like this;" she looked approvingly at the liquid mirror that reflected in its rippleless depths the mountain shadow and sunset gold; "and they live in great marble houses, palaces, yer know, and flower gardens, and wear nothing but silks and velvet and pearls, ropes, yer mind? ropes of 'em; and the lords and ladies have concerts, yer know, better 'n in the thayertre "
"What do you know about the theatre?" Champney was genuinely surprised; "I thought you came from an orphan asylum." "Yer did, did yer!" There was scorn in her voice. "Wot do I know 'bout the thayertre? Oh, but yer green!"
She broke into another merry laugh which, together with the patronage of her words and certain unsavory memories of his own, nettled Champney more than he would have cared to acknowledge. "Better 'n the thayertre," she repeated emphatically; "and the lords serenade the ladies Do yer know wot a serenade is?" She interrupted herself to ask the question with a strong doubt in the interrogation.
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