Chapter XII: The Shoes-Lady Again 178

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"WHAT IS THE MATTER, LITTLE GIRLS?" SAID THE LADY. _Frontispiece_

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HE HAD TO DRUM WITH A SPOON, FIRST IN ONE FAT HAND AND
THEN IN THE OTHER 2

THEY WERE SETTLED ON THE HEARTH-RUG--BABY ON PEGGY'S LAP 17

"SEE HAL," SHE SAID, "OVER THERE, FAR, FAR AWAY, NEELY IN
THE SKY, DOES YOU SEE THAT BLUEY HILL?" 27

SHE WAS RATHER A TERRIBLE-LOOKING OLD WOMAN; SHE ALWAYS
WORE A SHORT BED-GOWN ... AND SHE WAS GENERALLY TO
BE SEEN WITH A PIPE IN HER MOUTH 35

"TELL ME WHAT THE LITTLE WHITE HOUSE IS REELY LIKE" 52

PEGGY STOOD STILL, HER EYES FIXED ON THE BABY SHOES 68

"HERE'S THE OTHER SHOE, I'VE JUST FOUNDED IT" 92

SUDDENLY A WINDOW ABOVE OPENED, AND MOTHER WHELAN'S
BEFRILLED FACE WAS THRUST OUT 109

AN UMBRELLA ROLLING ITSELF ABOUT ON THE PAVEMENT 127

"TO BE SURE," SHE SAID, IN HER MOST GRACIOUS TONE.
"'TIS THE BEAUTIFUL PIPES I HAVE" 138

THE BOYS, BOY-LIKE, THOUGHT LITTLE BUT OF WHO COULD
BLOW THE BIGGEST BUBBLES 149

HUSHED LIGHT SMILEY TO SLEEP, HER ARM CLASPED ROUND
PEGGY 177