Children's own library . ots could have wished at the moment that theearth would have opened and swallowed him up, he feltso mean, with their beaming eyes a looking at him, andbelieving him. Well, sir, he turned the conversation aswell as he could, and he took em down Love-lane to thewater-meadows, and there Master Harry would havedrowned himself in half a moment more, a getting outa water-lily for her,—but nothing daunted that , sir, they was tired out. All being so new andstrange to em, they was tired as tired could be. Andthey laid down on a bank of daisies, like the children inthe
Children's own library . ots could have wished at the moment that theearth would have opened and swallowed him up, he feltso mean, with their beaming eyes a looking at him, andbelieving him. Well, sir, he turned the conversation aswell as he could, and he took em down Love-lane to thewater-meadows, and there Master Harry would havedrowned himself in half a moment more, a getting outa water-lily for her,—but nothing daunted that , sir, they was tired out. All being so new andstrange to em, they was tired as tired could be. Andthey laid down on a bank of daisies, like the children inthe wood, and fell asleep. Well, sir, they woke up at last, and then one thingwas getting pretty clear to Boots, namely, that Walmerses, Juniors, temper was on the move. 158 THE HOLLY-TREE, When Master Harry took her round the waist, she saidhe teased her so; and when he says, Norah, myyoung May Moon, your Harry tease you? she tellshim, Yes; and I want to go home! A biled fowl, and baked bread-and-butter pudding,. brought Mrs. Walmers up a little; but Boots could havewished, he must privately own to me, to have seen hermore sensible of the woice of love, and less abandoningof herself to currants. However, Master Harry, he keptup, and his noble heart was as fond as ever. Mrs. Wal-mers turned very sleepy about dusk, and began to cry.
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