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The latter had been brought to the consulate by Bacri, along with her mistress and some other members of the Jew's household, and the delight of the two sisters at this unexpected meeting afforded the susceptible Zubby inexpressible we might almost say inconceivable joy, as was evidenced by the rising of her black cheeks, the shutting of her blacker eyes, and the display of her gorgeous teeth front and back as well as her red gums.
For this not the rocking, but the violence she had been unavailingly rebuked by Mrs Langley, until that lady's heart had nearly lost all hope. Zubby confessed her guilt, by looking abashed and what a solemn look an abashed one is in a negress with very large eyes! as well as by rocking more gently.
Of course I don't know who all the people are that come to see us, and I don't like to ask; but some of them are bad oh, so bad!" she looked appallingly solemn here "and then Mariano " "Ah! what of Mariano and Francisco and Lucien?" asked Paulina with increasing interest, while Zubby became desperately intelligent.
A scream from Paulina, as she rushed back and bestowed on Zubby a box on the ear cut short the seaman's observation. "Have I not told you again and again, girl, never to put the child on your shoulder?" "Oh, mim, me forgit," exclaimed the penitent Zaharian. "That will keep you in remembrance, then," said Paulina, giving her another slap.
Zubby was brought back and told to wrap her treasure in something warm, which she willingly did, under the impression that she was about to be ordered to take him out for a walk, but the tears which still bedimmed her eyes, coupled with agitation, caused her to perform her wonted duty clumsily, and to stick a variety of pins in various unnecessary places.
Master Jim soon became purple in the visage, but Zubby, looking up at him, and supposing the effect to be the result of an unusual flow of spirits, rather enjoyed that than otherwise. "Pr'aps I may be excused for the observation," said Flaggan, removing his pipe for a moment, and gazing over Paulina's shoulder, "but if that youngster ain't being strangulated he looks oncommon "
"Hush, Zubby," said Colonel Langley, taking the girl kindly by the arm; "we are doing Jim no harm; you'll bring the janissaries in to see who is being murdered if you go on so hush!"
But Zubby would not hush; the Colonel therefore called his black cook and handed her over to him who, being a fellow-countryman, and knowing what a Zaharian frame could endure, carried her into an adjoining room and quietly choked her.
Followed by the faithful though uncontrollable Zubby, with a huge triangular grass basket, Mrs Langley entered the tortuous streets of the city, and proceeded to "shop." Fear not, reader! It is not our purpose to drag you through the details of the too well-known process. We pass onward to matters more important.
At the consul's residence Paulina was as happy as was possible in her sad circumstances, for she became very fond of Mrs Langley, and was a perfect treasure in the house, not only taking a large part of the management thereof, but keeping watchful guard over the dangerous Zubby, so that that Zaharan specimen of humanity inflicted a perceptibly smaller percentage of bumps on the head of Master Jim than in former times.
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