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The rides in the tram-cars, the park, the buns, and the ducks were enlarged upon in turn; and then Maggie produced her ball, and plunged onto such broken and lavish praises of the "vewy nice man" that the Doctor looked at the governess for enlightenment. "A gentleman in the park, sir, gave her the ball," explained Miss Boucheafen gravely. "And zou a letter!" cried Maggie.
Peggy had hardly time to catch the sound of a familiar lisp before there came a quick exclamation of surprise, and a radiant vision, all pink and white and glitter of diamonds, glided forward to meet her. "It's Mawiquita! It is! Her own little self! A hundwed welcomes, Peggy! I've just returned to town, and was coming to see you to-morrow, the vewy first thing.
Ten, youse is weally mine vewy own now, ain't youse? Buddy said youse would be if ve doed it." The man made two attempts before he could answer. Then he laid his lips reverently on the rosebud mouth. "Yes, honey, I'm sure in your brand now," he said gently. And he quietly but firmly declined the glass of whiskey proffered him by her father as he sat her on the end of the dingy counter.
"I like that vewy well, and I wish I could have been there," was Maud's condescending remark, as she put back the little bag, after a careful peep inside, as if she hoped to find an ancient ginger-nut, or a well-preserved peppermint drop still lingering in some corner.
"I had the pleasure," replied Prince Andrew, "not only of taking part in the retreat but of losing in that retreat all I held dear not to mention the estate and home of my birth my father, who died of grief. I belong to the province of Smolensk." "Ah? You're Pwince Bolkonski? Vewy glad to make your acquaintance!
In a hansom," returned the new-comer placidly. "So the dwivah ahsked me 'Whah to? y' know. I was feelin' nawsty enough, so I told him 'To pwugatowy! like that! He was ah a vewy litewal-minded puhson." There was a faint flicker of amusement in his gray eyes. "He ah bwought me to the Stock Exchange. Aftah I got out, y' know, I wemembahed that you ah did something heah.
There I wrote to Cecilia, and Emily, and Mrs. Bosanquet that is now, and all my sworn friends, and to think of you being the one to come you that never kissed me but once, and an earl's daughter into the bargain." "Ha! ha! ha!" Lady Cicely actually laughed for once in a way, and did not feel the effort. "As for kissing," said she, "if I fall shawt, fawgive me. I was nevaa vewy demonstwative."
And, Bai- ey Je-ove! I say, old fellah," he added, almost dropping his drawl in his earnestness, "if I can help you in any way at all ah, I should weally be vewy glad ah!" The "us," whom I had "left ah," referred, of course, to officialdom; but, it was kind, wasn't it? There was old Shuffler, too.
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