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Cousin Bridget.
London with him , which he would , I fear , have succeeded in doing had not Janey ' s earnest entreaty delayed them long enough to be discovered by dear Cousin Bridget , and their scheme frustrated . I can assure you Janey behaved beautifully , and spared no exertion to make Peggy remain . "
The mother had listened with a look of profound astonishment during the whole of Minna's speech , and at its conclusion she burst out in a storm of words against the hitherto spoiled and petted girl , whose tears of repentance she turned to anger ; and , through her sobs , she said , " It be all very well for ' e to scold I ; but if 'd a taught
ye me better , and not let me go out when I loicked , I'd never a seen him ; if ye 'd made me mind the shop 'stead of thinking of going out and about—it aint all my fault—that it aint . "
" Oh ! you ungrateful baggage , " screamed Airs . Mallet , perfectly astonished by the girl turning upon her , and , sinking into a seat , she burst into a flood of tears . The noise had woke poor Janey , and , looking half scared , she came into the room , crept to Minna's side and took her hand . Till the storm subsided Minna spoke not ; but
leading Peggy to her mother , she said , " Now , Airs . Mallet , allow me to remind you that , instead of anger , you should feel gratitude that your child has been saved , and use the time you are wasting in angry words for thanks and reconciliation with the really penitent girl , for I do believe Peggy is heartily sorry . " " Not much loicke it to speak to her mother loicke she did . "
" It was wrong , very wrong ; but we must allow a little for her over-excited feelings ; to level reproaches at a person , knowing themselves already wrong , is as unkind as it is injudicious . Come , let me see you kiss Peggy , and forgive her . After all my trouble , you will not send me away without my reward . That ' s right Peggy—closer , closer round her neck
; you will never find love like her's again on earth . " ~ Closer and closer did Peggy cling round her mother's neck , and closer crept Janey to Minna ; and as , with her vacant stare , she gazed at the group , she murmured , " Could n ' t I show Peggy how to kiss mother if I 'd the chance . " Minna smiled , and , putting her arm round
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Cousin Bridget.
London with him , which he would , I fear , have succeeded in doing had not Janey ' s earnest entreaty delayed them long enough to be discovered by dear Cousin Bridget , and their scheme frustrated . I can assure you Janey behaved beautifully , and spared no exertion to make Peggy remain . "
The mother had listened with a look of profound astonishment during the whole of Minna's speech , and at its conclusion she burst out in a storm of words against the hitherto spoiled and petted girl , whose tears of repentance she turned to anger ; and , through her sobs , she said , " It be all very well for ' e to scold I ; but if 'd a taught
ye me better , and not let me go out when I loicked , I'd never a seen him ; if ye 'd made me mind the shop 'stead of thinking of going out and about—it aint all my fault—that it aint . "
" Oh ! you ungrateful baggage , " screamed Airs . Mallet , perfectly astonished by the girl turning upon her , and , sinking into a seat , she burst into a flood of tears . The noise had woke poor Janey , and , looking half scared , she came into the room , crept to Minna's side and took her hand . Till the storm subsided Minna spoke not ; but
leading Peggy to her mother , she said , " Now , Airs . Mallet , allow me to remind you that , instead of anger , you should feel gratitude that your child has been saved , and use the time you are wasting in angry words for thanks and reconciliation with the really penitent girl , for I do believe Peggy is heartily sorry . " " Not much loicke it to speak to her mother loicke she did . "
" It was wrong , very wrong ; but we must allow a little for her over-excited feelings ; to level reproaches at a person , knowing themselves already wrong , is as unkind as it is injudicious . Come , let me see you kiss Peggy , and forgive her . After all my trouble , you will not send me away without my reward . That ' s right Peggy—closer , closer round her neck
; you will never find love like her's again on earth . " ~ Closer and closer did Peggy cling round her mother's neck , and closer crept Janey to Minna ; and as , with her vacant stare , she gazed at the group , she murmured , " Could n ' t I show Peggy how to kiss mother if I 'd the chance . " Minna smiled , and , putting her arm round