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Chapter 24. Fortune-Telling

           

           Insomuch,thatonacertainafternoonduringthePancksmysteries,whenshewasseatedatherwindow,andheardMaggy’swell-knownstepcomingupthestairs,shewasverymuchdisturbedbytheapprehensionofbeingsummonedaway.AsMaggy’sstepcamehigherupandnearer,shetrembledandfaltered;anditwasasmuchasshecoulddotospeak,whenMaggyatlengthappeared.

           ‘Please,LittleMother,’saidMaggy,pantingforbreath,‘youmustcomedownandseehim.He’shere.’

           ‘Who,Maggy?’

           ‘Who,o’courseMrClennam.He’sinyourfather’sroom,andhesaystome,Maggy,willyoubesokindandgoandsayit’sonlyme.’

           ‘Iamnotverywell,Maggy.Ihadbetternotgo.Iamgoingtoliedown.See!Iliedownnow,toeasemyhead.Say,withmygratefulregard,thatyouleftmeso,orIwouldhavecome.’

           ‘Well,itan’tverypolitethough,LittleMother,’saidthestaringMaggy,‘toturnyourfaceaway,neither!’

           Maggywasverysusceptibletopersonalslights,andveryingeniousininventingthem.‘Puttingbothyourhandsaforeyourfacetoo!’shewenton.‘Ifyoucan’tbearthelooksofapoorthing,itwouldbebettertotellhersoatonce,andnotgoandshutheroutlikethat,hurtingherfeelingsandbreakingherheartattenyearold,poorthing!’

           ‘It’stoeasemyhead,Maggy.’

           ‘Well,andifyoucrytoeaseyourhead,LittleMother,letmecrytoo.Don’tgoandhaveallthecryingtoyourself,’expostulatedMaggy,‘thatan’tnotbeinggreedy.’Andimmediatelybegantoblubber.

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