Excerpt: ...Maggie felt rather hungry, and when the pair entered Harrison's she was not displeased at the liberal supply of food which her future stepfather ordered. He pretended to hate the aristocracy, as he called them, and poor Maggie could certainly never claim this distinction in her own little person. Nevertheless, she was entirely superior to Martin, and he felt a sort of pride in her as she walked up the long restaurant by his side. "Now, waiter," he said to the man who approached to take orders, "you look slippy. ...
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Excerpt: ...Maggie felt rather hungry, and when the pair entered Harrison's she was not displeased at the liberal supply of food which her future stepfather ordered. He pretended to hate the aristocracy, as he called them, and poor Maggie could certainly never claim this distinction in her own little person. Nevertheless, she was entirely superior to Martin, and he felt a sort of pride in her as she walked up the long restaurant by his side. "Now, waiter," he said to the man who approached to take orders, "you look slippy. This young 'oman and me, we want a real comfortable, all-round, filling meal. You give us the best the house contains; and look slippy, I say." The waiter did look "slippy," whatever that word might imply, and Martin proceeded to treat Maggie to really excellent viands and to satisfy himself to his heart's content. Maggie ate with a certain amount of relish, for, as has been said, she was really hungry. 91 "Like it, don't you?" said Martin as he watched her consuming her eggs and bacon. "Oh yes, very much indeed," said Maggie. "I'm fond of a good table myself," said Martin. "This is the sort of thing you'll have on all occasions and at every meal at Laburnum Villa. We'll soon fill your poor mother's thin cheeks out, and get her rosy and plump, and then she'll be a more charming Little-sing to her own Bo-peep than ever." Maggie was silent. "Come, come," said Martin, patting her hand; "it's all right about Laburnum Villa, ain't it, my girl?" "No, Mr. Martin," said Maggie then. She withdrew her hand and turned and looked at him fixedly. "I want to tell you all about myself," she said. "I was really rude to you yesterday, and I am sorry; but I couldn't go to live with you and mother at Laburnum Villa. I will tell you the principal reason...
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Good. No Jacket. 12mo. Deep blue titles/color paste-on (young girl, trees, house in background) on pale green cloth. 179pp + ad. Penciled name, 1920 date ffep. Worn along edges of spine and outside edges of boards.
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Rainey, William. Good. Pictorial covers, dark endpapers, six black and white plates. Covers soiled and edge-worn, a small amount of foxing and fingermarks.
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Very Good+ with no dust jacket. Very sharp copy! Pictorial cover. Four pages of ads in the rear. Touch of wear to the spine tips and corners. Short gift inscription with date of Dec 1911 on endpaper.; 12mo 7"-7½" tall; 283 pages.
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