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The growling was the heavy regular breathing of her sister Jane, who had a slight cold and was still asleep. The rain fell in slow drops on to Anthea's face from the wet corner of a bath-towel which her brother Robert was gently squeezing the water out of, to wake her up, as he now explained.
'Come away, said Robert, pulling at Anthea's sleeve. 'She's a nasty, rude little kid. 'Oh, no, said Anthea. 'She's only dreadfully unhappy. What is it? she asked again. 'Oh, YOU'RE all right, the child repeated; 'YOU ain't agoin' to the Union. 'Can't we take you home? said Anthea; and Jane added, 'Where does your mother live?
Thinks I, 'here's to save Miss Anthea's old sideboard, or the mirror as she's so fond of, or if not why then a cheer or so, they ain't a going to get it all, not while I've got a pound or two, I sez to myself." "Adam," said Bellew, turning suddenly, "that sentiment does you credit, that sentiment makes me proud to have knocked you into a ditch, shake hands, Adam."
It was Robert who had the misfortune to upset the ink-pot an unusually deep and full one straight into that part of Anthea's desk where she had long pretended that an arrangement of gum and cardboard painted with Indian ink was a secret drawer.
The Lamb had bread soaked in hot water and brown sugar sprinkled on the top. He liked this very much, and consented to let the two gipsy women feed him with it, as he sat on Anthea's lap. All that long hot afternoon Robert and Cyril and Anthea and Jane had to keep the Lamb amused and happy, while the gipsies looked eagerly on.
'Oh Adam! sez he, 'so you're 'aving a sale here at Dapplemere, are you? Meaning sir, a sale of some bits, an' sticks o' furnitur' as Miss Anthea's forced to part wi' to meet some bill or other. 'Summat o' that sir, says I, making as light of it as I could. 'Why then, Adam, sez he, 'if Job Jagway should 'appen to come over to buy a few o' the things, no more fighting! sez he.
In which may be found a full, true, and particular account of the sale "Uncle Porges, there's a little man in the hall with a red, red nose, an' a blue, blue chin, " "Yes, I've seen him, also his nose, and chin, my Porges." "But he's sticking little papers with numbers on them, all over my Auntie Anthea's chairs, an' tables. Now what do you s'pose he's doing that for?" "Who knows?
The theatre had been quite empty when they left. Every one was sure of that. They presently found themselves all talking at once. Somehow none of their adventures had given them so much to talk about. None other had seemed so real. 'Did you notice ? they said, and 'Do you remember ? When suddenly Anthea's face turned pale under the dirt which it had collected on it during the fire.
So the four children hastily washed their hands and brushed their hair this was Anthea's idea and went up to knock at the door of the 'poor learned gentleman', and to 'bind him with the chains of honour and upright dealing'. The learned gentleman had let his dinner get quite cold.
Without an instant's hesitation the four children turned and ran back along the forest path; the only pause was Anthea's. She stood back to let Cyril pass, because he was carrying the Lamb, who screamed with delight. 'Gee-up, Squirrel; gee-gee, he shouted, and Cyril did gee-up.
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