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And rustling quickly hither and thither, in and out of this profusion, with armfuls of finery, was an obviously French maid. Alert, unerring, like a swallow she dipped and darted. Nothing escaped her, and she never rested. She had the air of the born unpacker swift and firm, yet withal tender. Scarce had her arms been laden but their loads were lying lightly between shelves or tightly in drawers.
When Sophy, whom I beg to be the unpacker, opens it, you will see a certain dabbed-up crooked pasteboard tray in which are four frills for you: I hemmed every inch of them myself, to give them the only value they could have in your eyes. To MRS. BANNATYNE. EDGEWORTHSTOWN, Feb. 16, 1824. My dear Mr. and Mrs. Bannatyne my dear Mrs.
"Is that thy business?" he snarled, shifting his rifle-barrel to the other hand. "I am what she says I am! She used to call me 'Chikki' the Lifter! and I was! There are those who were made to know it! If she says now I am badragga, shall any say she lies?" "I say thou art unpacker of mules' burdens!" answered King. "Begin!"
I'm a splendid unpacker." But Priscilla had no desire to have her small and meager wardrobe overhauled even by the kindest of St. Benet's girls. "I will unpack presently myself, if you don't mind," she said. She felt full of gratitude, but she could not help an almost surly tone coming into her voice. Nancy drew back, repulsed and distressed. "Perhaps you would like me to go away?" she said.
Another time, I delayed destroying myself, till a statue, which I had just purchased at a vast expense, should be put up in my Egyptian salon. By the awkwardness of the unpacker, the statue's thumb was broken. This broken thumb saved my life; it converted ennui into anger. Like Montaigne and his sausage, I had now something to complain of, and I was happy.
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