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The Little house
MaimiecouldalsoseethepompousdoctorfeelingtheDuke’sheartandhearhimgiveutterancetohisparrotcry,andshewasparticularlysorryfortheCupids,whostoodintheirfools’capsinobscureplacesand,everytimetheyheardthat’Cold,quitecold,’bowedtheirdisgracedlittleheads.
ShewasdisappointednottoseePeterPan,andImayaswelltellyounowwhyhewassolatethatnight.ItwasbecausehisboathadgotwedgedontheSerpentinebetweenfieldsoffloatingice,throughwhichhehadtobreakaperilouspassagewithhistrustypaddle.
Thefairieshadasyetscarcelymissedhim,fortheycouldnotdance,soheavyweretheirhearts.Theyforgetallthestepswhentheyaresad,andrememberthemagainwhentheyaremerry.Davidtellsmethatfairiesneversay,’Wefeelhappy’:whattheysayis,’Wefeeldancey.’
Well,theywerelookingveryundanceyindeed,whensuddenlaughterbrokeoutamongtheonlookers,causedbyBrownie,whohadjustarrivedandwasinsistingonherrighttobepresentedtotheDuke.
Maimiecranedforwardeagerlytoseehowherfriendfared,thoughshehadreallynohope;nooneseemedtohavetheleasthopeexceptBrownieherself,who,however,wasabsolutelyconfident.Shewasledbeforehisgrace,andthedoctorputtingafingercarelesslyontheducalheart,whichforconvenience’sakewasreachedbyalittletrap-doorinhisdiamondshirt,hadbeguntosaymechanically,’Cold,qui—,’whenhestoppedabruptly.
’What’sthis,’hecried,andfirstheshooktheheartlikeawatch,andthenheputhiseartoit.
’Blessmysoul!’criedthedoctor,andbythistimeofcoursetheexcitementamongthespectatorswastremendous,fairiesfaintingrightandleft.