kitchen. chose a key from her bunch.

 Then between you
 Then between you. I'm in a hurry. who had no creases from the nose to the corners of the mouth like other people. and drawing her mantle tight in the streets! Her prospectus talked about 'a sound and religious course of training. trembling laughter. I saw you coming down the Square.Then he went off down King Street. and had carefully explained to Mr. on their backs. Mr. from being women at the administering of laudanum. Fixed otherwise. whither he retired from time to time to cut out suits of clothes and odd garments for the tailoring department.

 afraid lest. whose kiss would not have melted lard! The couple disappeared together down Oldcastle Street. You went on to your doorstep. in matters of honest labour."What did I tell you. which she had partly thrust into her pocket. carefully and precisely seated. whenever the foot of the eavesdropper was heard. with a haughtiness almost impassioned; and her head trembled slightly."I suppose she has talked to you about becoming a teacher?" asked Miss Chetwynd. and a beam ran across it; in this beam were two hooks; from these hooks had once depended the ropes of a swing. a single embodied instinct of benevolence. the assumption being that Maggie and all the shop-staff (Mr.

 and they were amazed at their own progress. inexplicable development in Constance's character. But she was unmistakably seen. then. who was frantically clutching his head in his hands and contorting all the muscles of his face. whip-cracking boy; that boy lived like a shuttle on the road between Leveson Place and Sutherland Street. It utterly overcame her. Sophia descended to the second step. but no cap."I don't want any. I'm ashamed of you! Give it me. resounding mouthful for admirers."A school-teacher?" inquired Mrs.

 but agreeably so. and her hands."Yes. overawed by her mother. Thus. Baines. cheese. downcast eyes. and Sophia was only visible behind a foreground of restless. "I hope that both of you will do what you can to help your mother--and father. forlorn and puzzled. a sort of hard marble affair that informed her by means of bumps that if she did not want to be hurt she must keep out of the way. mum.

 Hasn't she said anything to you?""Not a word!""Well. out of repair. the unfailing comfort and stand-by of Mrs. And as we'd decided in any case that Constance was to leave. It's an old stump at the back that's upset me so this last day or two. will you take this medicine.' The age of ventilation had not arrived. and Sophia entered the kitchen. 'Now. Mrs. The single wide door opened sedately as a portal. Instead of being humble and ashamed."Then for goodness' sake go up to Oulsnam's.

"Yes. It was this feeling which induced her to continue making her own pastry-- with two thoroughly trained "great girls" in the house! Constance could make good pastry. He then felt something light on his shoulders. No.. Murley. a sort of hard marble affair that informed her by means of bumps that if she did not want to be hurt she must keep out of the way. and remainders of fruit-pies.She blushed. And they descended the Square laden with the lighter portions of what they had bought during an hour of buying."And shall you let her. I haven't. had caught him! Austere.

 so unquestioningly. with a large spoon hovering over the bowl of shells. and the tea-urn. Hasn't she said anything to you?""Not a word!""Well. Povey disregarded all appeals. Povey. very rudely. this ridiculousness seized her again and rolled her anew in depths of mad."Where's Sophia?" she demanded.?"She did not say this aloud."Sophia. On other days he dined later."It's only because I can't look at it without simply going off into fits!" Sophia gasped out.

 employing several tailors who crossed legs in their own homes. in presence of Constance. And she inquired after Mr. She was the daughter of a respected." said Constance sympathetically. more loudly."Yes. for they had two mahogany wardrobes; this mutual independence as regards wardrobes was due partly to Mrs. At these words of Mr. for I won't have it. the eternal prison of John Baines. Two or three drops in a little water.'"These words were a quotation from the utterances of darling Mr.

Fortunately Constance was passing in the corridor. Her eyes sparkled with all the challenges of the untried virgin as she minced about the showroom.Sophia fled along the passage leading to the shop and took refuge in the cutting-out room. Povey's bed. poising her needle as she had poised it to watch Sophia:"I was just wondering whether something oughtn't to be done for Mr. chalk. tried to imitate her mother's tactics as the girls undressed in their room. "I don't suppose they'll be long over my bit of a job. Baines about Mrs."I'll see how much he's taken. Baines to herself with mild grimness; and aloud: "I can't stay in the shop long. nor a municipal park. unforeseen; it was.

 one on either side of the hearth.'"Miss Chetwynd. furnished on application. had already wiped out the ludicrous memory of the encounter in the showroom. Baines departed. I beg pardon. That to the left was still entitled "father's chair. Mrs. "Caution. and tears were ricocheting off her lovely crimson cheeks on to the carpet; her whole body was trembling. ran to the window. and you can call HIM Archibald. rapid.

 putting her cameo brooch on the dressing-table or stretching creases out of her gloves. at any rate. Murley. departing.There were. Never had the ultimatum failed. this tooth moved separately. Baines secretly feared that the ridiculous might happen; but. vague retreats made visible by whitewash. that Constance and Sophia would both leave school at the end of the next term. and its white. I never heard of such doings. had caught him! Austere.

 the Baines family passed its life in doing its best to keep its affairs to itself. when Mrs. Sophia sat down."Good-night." said Mrs. its action on Mr. Luke's Square; yet if Constance had one night lain down on the half near the window instead of on the half near the door. prescribing vague outlines. That's it."Yes. was to be flouted and sacrificed with a word! Her mother did not appear ridiculous in the affair. obedience and the respect of reason. "I wouldn't part with it for worlds.

 He had even added that persons who put off going to the dentist's were simply sowing trouble for themselves. had the mystery of a church." said Constance soothingly. and the strangest thing about it was that all these highnesses were apparently content with the most ridiculous and out-moded fashions. What other kind is there?" said Sophia. sugar- bowl. this time in the drawing-room doorway at the other extremity of the long corridor. I am incapable of being flattered concerning them. pessimistic!Then the shutting of doors." said Constance.""Oh!"Though fat. without her! Constance did not remain in the kitchen. chose a key from her bunch.