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'Thank you, nursie, said Stella with a pleasant smile, as she followed the housekeeper to her room; while Vava danced along in front of the old woman, calling her all sorts of affectionate names for her thoughtfulness in getting hot scones for them on this cold day. It was not a usual thing for the girls to have tea with the housekeeper, though they did sometimes do it.
However, when Monday morning came, Stella came down to breakfast in her indoor clothes, and seemed to be taking things very easily. 'Stella, make haste, you will be late for the train, and I must be in time this morning, because it is the examination! cried Vava impatiently. 'I am not coming with you to-day, said Stella quietly. 'Then why did you not tell me?
Vava had not spoken loud, and did not know that her words were overheard by the whole room; still less was she aware that the young man of about thirty who had come in while she was speaking was the young boss and her sister's employer. The boy to whom she had spoken had his back to him, and answered in rather an aggrieved tone, 'I'm not wasting my time; I had to answer you, and I must tell Mr.
Did he write an arithmetic? inquired Vava; and when Eva nodded, she added, 'Why, I use it at school! 'What accounts have you been making out? asked Stella in a friendly tone, for this last fact seemed a link between them as the daughters of literary men. 'Our new house and its expenses, announced Vava.
But there was no getting out of it now. 'Though if I had had any idea of the obligation we were putting ourselves under I would never have come, not even to prevent your being train-sick, Vava, she declared to her sister. 'Then it's a very good thing you did not know; we're having a glorious time, and what is a few pounds to them? Nothing, as Mr.
'Look, Stella, isn't this a lovely idea, and isn't it a lovely suite? cried Vava, twisting and turning herself. 'Yes, it is very handsome, said Stella, and said no more, and then, after a few polite remarks about the pictures, which Eva was just hanging, she left the room, and was followed by Amy.
'I could have this room as my own, and money to spend on the fashions I look at, and somewhere to show them off better than a stuffy office or Bleak House, retorted Eva. 'Bleak House! That is the name of one of Dickens's books! exclaimed Vava.
Stella is particular, and if she knew some of the things Eva says she would be very angry; in fact, she would probably not let me speak to her at all; and then I don't know what would happen, for we could not go on living in the same house like that, remarked Vava. 'Anyway, I don't believe my mother would let me be friendly with her if she knew. I don't know what to do, said Doreen.
'Tell her to come and speak to me; I should like to know her, announced Stella. Vava ran across to Doreen, and gave Stella's message. 'Does she really? May I really? stammered Doreen, quite flustered. 'Yes, of course; she's not a bit stiff when you know her, Vava assured her, for she guessed that Doreen was a little afraid of the stately lady in black.
'Then what on earth are you carrying such a thing about with you for? demanded Amy, looking half-annoyed and half-amused. 'I brought it to show you all; it is for the new house! she exclaimed triumphantly. 'Which we have not got yet, put in Amy. 'But it's old old and dirty, objected Vava, who had been looking at it with disgust. 'That's only rust; it will clean off.
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