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Kenwigs rushed wildly in, and bringing them out in his arms, by two and two, tumbled them down in their night-caps and gowns at the feet of Mr. Lillyvick, and called upon them to thank and bless him. And this wonderful domestic scene, this family reconciliation was brought about by Miss Morleena, eldest of the four little Kenwigses, with the flaxen tails!
'My feelings have been lancerated, said Mrs Kenwigs, 'my heart has been torn asunder with anguish, I have been thrown back in my confinement, my unoffending infant has been rendered uncomfortable and fractious, Morleena has pined herself away to nothing; all this I forget and forgive, and with you, uncle, I never can quarrel. But never ask me to receive HER, never do it, uncle.
This discovery drove Mrs. Kenwigs to despair, for the hairdresser lived three streets and eight dangerous crossings off, and there was nobody to take her. So Mrs. Kenwigs first slapped Miss Kenwigs for being the cause of her vexation, and then shed tears. "I can't help it, ma," replied Morleena, also in tears, "my hair will grow!"
'Would you give your great-uncle Lillyvick a kiss if he was to ask you, Morleena? said the collector, with some hesitation. 'Yes; uncle Lillyvick, I would, returned Miss Morleena, with the energy of both her parents combined; 'but not aunt Lillyvick. She's not an aunt of mine, and I'll never call her one. Mr and Mrs Kenwigs were at supper.
'I didn't think of it, I am sure, sir, said that gentleman. 'I didn't suppose that such a little thing as a glass of punch would have put you out of temper. 'Out of temper! What the devil do you mean by that piece of impertinence, Mr Kenwigs? said the collector. 'Morleena, child give me my hat.
The company being all ready, Miss Petowker hummed a tune, and Morleena danced a dance; having previously had the soles of her shoes chalked, with as much care as if she were going on the tight-rope. It was a very beautiful figure, comprising a great deal of work for the arms, and was received with unbounded applause.
'Ah! replied Mr Lillyvick, with another groan; this time not even disguised by a wheeze. 'It made ma cry when she knew it, interposed Miss Morleena, 'but we kept it from her for a long time; and pa was very low in his spirits, but he is better now; and I was very ill, but I am better too.
'I ne ver saw such a baby, said Mr Lumbey, the doctor. 'Morleena was a fine baby, remarked Mr Kenwigs; as if this were rather an attack, by implication, upon the family. 'They were all fine babies, said Mr Lumbey. And Mr Lumbey went on nursing the baby with a thoughtful look. Whether he was considering under what head he could best charge the nursing in the bill, was best known to himself.
Having executed this task with great nicety, Mr Kenwigs pulled the door to, after him, and just stepped across the road to try the effect from the opposite side of the street. Satisfied that nothing could possibly look better in its way, Mr Kenwigs then stepped back again, and calling through the keyhole to Morleena to open the door, vanished into the house, and was seen no longer.
In this terrible state of affairs, it remained for Morleena of the flaxen tails, to bring about a family re-union, and in this way: It had come to pass that she had received an invitation to repair next day, per steamer from Westminster bridge, unto the Eel-Pie Island at Twickenham, there to make merry upon a cold collation, and to dance in the open air to the music of a locomotive band; the steamer having been engaged by a dancing-master for his numerous pupils, one of whom had extended an invitation to Miss Morleena, and Mrs.
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