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Chapter 10

           Andwhenshouldshebetold?Ifnothinghappened,shewouldhavetospeakseriouslytoMinta.Forshecouldnotgotrapesingaboutalloverthecountry,evenifNancywerewiththem(shetriedagain,unsuccessfully,tovisualizetheirbacksgoingdownthepath,andtocountthem).ShewasresponsibletoMinta’sparents—theOwlandthePoker.Hernicknamesforthemshotintohermindassheread.TheOwlandthePoker—yes,theywouldbeannoyediftheyheard—andtheywerecertaintohear—thatMinta,stayingwiththeRamsays,hadbeenseenetcetera,etcetera,etcetera."HeworeawigintheHouseofCommonsandsheablyassistedhimattheheadofthestairs,"sherepeated,fishingthemupoutofhermindbyaphrasewhich,comingbackfromsomeparty,shehadmadetoamuseherhusband.Dear,dear,Mrs.Ramsaysaidtoherself,howdidtheyproducethisincongruousdaughter?thistomboyMinta,withaholeinherstocking?Howdidsheexistinthatportentousatmospherewherethemaidwasalwaysremovinginadust-panthesandthattheparrothadscattered,andconversationwasalmostentirelyreducedtotheexploits—interestingperhaps,butlimitedafterall—ofthatbird?Naturally,onehadaskedhertolunch,tea,dinner,finallytostaywiththemupatFinlay,whichhadresultedinsomefrictionwiththeOwl,hermother,andmorecalling,andmoreconversation,andmoresand,andreallyattheendofit,shehadtoldenoughliesaboutparrotstolastheralifetime(soshehadsaidtoherhusbandthatnight,comingbackfromtheparty).

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