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She started guiltily at her cousin's entrance, as if she were being caught in some act which she did not wish to be discovered, turned crimson, and, thrusting the book into her desk, banged down the lid, and pretended to be tidying the contents of her pencil-box. It was so unusual to find Muriel at work out of school hours, that Patty could not help expressing her amazement.
Fancy a young semi-Britain objecting to 'tub. I've circumvented him to-day, however, for Geoff has promised to wash him while you and I go up to set the new house in order. Baby is always good with Geoff." "So he is," remarked Elsie as she moved about giving little tidying touches here and there to books and furniture. "I never knew a father and child who suited each other so perfectly.
This morning task of tidying was always a sad and ungrateful one to the widowed father. His awkward struggles with the house-work in which she had been so notable, chafed him. The dirty kitchen was dreary, the labour lonely, and it was an hour's time lost to his trade.
"Yes," assented Esther, "but they won't take long; and it's dusting and tidying, and all that sort of thing that I like. I wish I had a little house of my very own. I would do all the work in it myself. I'd love to blacklead a grate, and clean windows, and scrub tables and things oh, Anna, do let me help you, or I shall grow homesick and miserable.
'Come, you'd better stay and get work here! I'd sooner be at the plough-tail all day, than poke out my eyes over stuff like that, pointing to Paul's slate, covered with figures. 'Here, Nelly, as she moved about, tidying the room, 'do you hear? Mr. Cope's got an offer of a place for Paul five pounds a year, and board and lodging, to be school-master's whipper-in, or what d'ye call it?
"'Those hands why, how could I mistake, that used to be her nurse? "'But why does she wash them? "'Well, miss, being always a dainty child and the house-work, you see "I took a long breath. 'Do you mean to tell me that all this tidying and dusting I broke off. 'Is it she who has been taking this care of me? "Mrs. Carkeek met my look steadily. "'Who else, miss? "'Poor little soul!
And, though she derived some consolation part of the time in what she called "tidying herself," she shed many a tear over her torn garments and battered appearance, declaring that she had had her clothes ruined by the rough way in which the captain and Smart had dragged her about. "Say that again," said Felix, "and I must spit at you to show my contempt."
His face looked whiter and thinner than before the minister's visit, and his movements were painfully slow. There was something more serious than a persistent cough undermining Duncan Polite's health. But there was no word or look of complaint from him. He went about his work as usual, tidying the room, and stirring the pot of oatmeal porridge which was cooking for his supper.
Watts did not consider that arising at four, and cooking and sweeping and tidying up the cabin, and quarreling with the Bishop as "a petty old bundle of botheration" and storming around at the children all by sun-up this was not work at all. It was merely an appetizer. The children were aroused by her this morning with more severity than usual.
Now then for lunch and a rest; I've had a terrific morning." Darsie rose to her feet and stood for a moment before the mirror, putting a tidying touch to hair and dress. She was a tall, slim girl, nearly a head taller than the more substantial Clemence, and the easy grace which characterised her movements was the first thing which attracted an unaccustomed eye.
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