Children's own library . of to bothof us that we have got over our difficulty. It fell out 188 DOCTOR MARIGOLDS PRESCRIPTIONS. to absolute perfection. For when she saw the book, asI had it got up, —the printed and pressed book, —lyingon her desk in her cart, and saw the title, Dr. Mari-golds Prescriptions, she looked at me for a momentwith astonishment, then fluttered the leaves, then brokeout a laughing in the charmingest way, then felt herpulse and shook her head, then turned the pages pre-tending to read them most attentive, then kissed thebook to me, and putit to her bosom withboth her han
Children's own library . of to bothof us that we have got over our difficulty. It fell out 188 DOCTOR MARIGOLDS PRESCRIPTIONS. to absolute perfection. For when she saw the book, asI had it got up, —the printed and pressed book, —lyingon her desk in her cart, and saw the title, Dr. Mari-golds Prescriptions, she looked at me for a momentwith astonishment, then fluttered the leaves, then brokeout a laughing in the charmingest way, then felt herpulse and shook her head, then turned the pages pre-tending to read them most attentive, then kissed thebook to me, and putit to her bosom withboth her hands. Inever was betterpleased in all mylife! But let me not an-ticipate. (I take thatexpression out of alot of romances Ibought for her. Inever opened a singleone of em—and Ihave opened many—but I found the ro-mancer saying letme not being so, I wonder why he did anticipate, or who asked him to doit.) Let me not, I say, anticipate. This same booktook up all my spare time. It was no play to get the. DOCTOR MARIGOLDS PRESCRIPTIONS. 189 other articles together in the general miscellaneous lot,but when it come to my own article! There! Icouldnt have believed the blotting, nor yet the buck-ling to at it, nor the patience over it. Which againis like the footboard. The public have no idea. At last it was done, and the two years time was new cart was finished,—yellow outside, relievedwith wermilion and brass fittings,—the old horse wasput in it, a new un and a boy being laid on for theCheap Jack cart,—and I cleaned myself up to go andfetch her. Bright cold weather it was, cart-chimneyssmoking, carts pitched private on a piece of wasteground over at Wandsworth, where you may see emfrom the Souwestern Railway when not upon theroad. Marigold, says the gentleman, giving his handhearty, I am very glad to see you. Yet I have my doubts, sir/ says I, if you can behalf as glad to see me as I am to see you. The time has appeared so long,—has it, Marigold?
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