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The Runaway Perambulator

           AtfirstMary,towhomtheofferwaspassedon,rejecteditwithhauteur,butpresentlyshewavered,andtheupshotwasthatIrene,lookingscornfulandanxious,arrivedonedaywiththeperambulator.Withoutcastingeyesonitsoccupant,IpointedIrenetothedoor:“Inhalf-an-hour,”Isaid.

           Shebeggedpermissiontoremain,andpromisedtoturnherback,andsoon,butIwasobdurate,andshethendeliveredherselfofapassionatelyaffectionatefarewelltohercharge,whichwasreallyalldirectedagainstme,andendedwiththesepowerfulwords:“Andifhetakesoffyoursocks,mypretty,mayhebeblastedforevermore.”

           “Ishallprobablytakeoffhersocks,”Isaidcarelesslytothis.

           Hersocks.DoyouseewhatmadeIrenescream?

           “Itisagirl,isitnot?”Iasked,thusneatlydeprivingherofcoherentspeechasIpushedhertothedoor.Ithenturnedroundtotobegin,and,afterreflecting,Ibeganbysittingdownbehindthehoodofhiscarriage.Myplanwastoaccustomhimtohisnewsurroundingsbeforeburstingonthescenemyself.

           Ihadvariousthoughts.Washeawake?Ifnot,betterlethimwakenaturally.Half-an-hourwasalongtime.WhyhadInotsaidquarter-of-an-hour?Anon,IsawthatifIwastosittheremuchlongerIshouldhavesaidanhour,soIwhistledsoftly;buthetooknonotice.IremembertryingtopersuademyselfthatifIneverbudgedtillIrene’sreturn,itwouldbeanamusingtriumphoverMary.Icoughed,butstilltherewasnoresponse.Abruptly,thefearsmoteme.Perhapsheisnotthere.

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