Excerpt: ...standing by the half-open shop door, heard the words. She felt almost inclined to run forward and beg leave to go in too. But she knew she must first ask pardon of her mother for her naughtiness, and the idea of doing so before Mrs. Fairchild was not pleasant. 107 'If Celestina would come out herself I could ask her to ask mamma to speak to me, ' thought Bridget. But no Celestina appeared. 'They will be so comfortable in that nice warm parlour, ' thought Biddy; 'and I daresay Celestina will be showing Alie all ...
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Excerpt: ...standing by the half-open shop door, heard the words. She felt almost inclined to run forward and beg leave to go in too. But she knew she must first ask pardon of her mother for her naughtiness, and the idea of doing so before Mrs. Fairchild was not pleasant. 107 'If Celestina would come out herself I could ask her to ask mamma to speak to me, ' thought Bridget. But no Celestina appeared. 'They will be so comfortable in that nice warm parlour, ' thought Biddy; 'and I daresay Celestina will be showing Alie all her dolls and things, ' for she had not noticed that just as Mrs. Vane went into the parlour she had said a word to Rosalys, who had stayed behind. So Biddy stood outside, very much put out indeed. The ten minutes during which she had to wait seemed to her like an hour; and when Celestina's mother came to the door to show her visitors out, it was not difficult for her to see that the little girl was not in at all a happy frame of mind. 'Good-morning, Miss Bridget, ' said Mrs. Fairchild. 'Good-morning, ' Biddy could not but reply. She did not even wonder how Mrs. Fairchild knew her name; she was so taken up with her own thoughts. She would have been rather surprised had she known that it was about her, poor little neglected, uncared for girl as she chose to fancy herself, that the two mothers had been speaking those long ten minutes in the parlour
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