see eleps. s in pens in ts back.
ell, bless my soul! said Mrs Stiles.
Sened a brooc t was a mourning brooc.
Eleps! I t. I could see t Gentleman o a coop of roosting ttering. tter-bred treating of a servant. t a fine t a clever young person like tood up and told trut ts; t Mr Rivers o marry Maud and steal ood and told t, t. t I was mad.
tleman, over someone like me.
And of course, I about to tell t my ts to myself; and later, over pudding in ry, Mrs Stiles sat, fingering . Mr ay took o to serve up t of all of us, not glad t Gentleman had come.
At least, I supposed I old myself, but just dont kno. Youll feel it, o meet, in a day or t anotwo weeks, however, before we did. For of course, I had no
reason for Maud, into ts of t in, and o mine. Besides, t Briar e like some great mec c. ter t moving on our o room, on our set courses, until to our beds at nig as
into t .—Sometimes, t I could almost turning. I greo stop.
ts ry does to you.
leman came, ticks, t all on, smoot order. Maud did not go to o read to ook notes. S to and se cards, or o to trees and the graves.
As for Gentleman: seven, and took in eigures. Mr Lilly directed ures as ted up a little room for Gentleman to ures ty precious. I never saleman carried keys about o t room or in it.
til one oclock, took took ours alone. e ate in silence. S not eat at all, but only sit ing. t a quarter to ts, papers and cards, a riangle—and s tly, in an order t let me help. If a brush fell and
I caug, sake everyts, triangle—and set it out all over again.
I learned not to touco cen, as truck t a minute after t tleman, to teach her her days lesson.
At first, t to t an apple, a pear and a er-jug upon a table, and stood and nodded o paint t as -brus Gentleman his head or screw up his eye and say,
I declare, Miss Lilly, you are acquiring quite a method. Or,
an improvement, on your sketc month!