The Queen's Banquet

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He returned his notes to his pocket with the assurance of one whose unreliable memory has been fortified and rendered infallible. Nevertheless the voluminous folds of Eliza Wopp’s cotton nightgown fluttered all night under the starry heavens.,“It certainly is wonderful,” agreed Nell with perfect truth.,“What’s next?”,“Now hold his head between your hands and tell him not to touch me.”,Discarded shoe-laces, rope and trunk-straps came hastily into requisition. The vociferations of Moses were so severe on his vocal chords that he found it necessary to visit the pump.,“Can he mean ‘prodigy,’ do you think, May Nell?” Edith’s eyes were mischievous.,Norah Bliggins, whose nose was already moist from the effects of domestic discord, thrust a chubby finger into her mouth and began to pucker up her eyes preparatory to emitting a howl of dismay at being singled out for the first question. Her brother Pat, sensing the situation, put up his hand eagerly and answered for her.,“The darned old robber!” Billy started up and walked restlessly toward the door.,When the train snorted into the station the two were there, Billy with his loaf under his arm, his can dangling. Most of the arrivals were townsfolk home from visits to the stricken city; but a few, evidently strangers, descended and stood by themselves.,Nell’s answer was somehow strangely muffled.,“There’s a little secret about work; with grown-ups it is often their play; and they like it.”,He laughed coarsely. “George Smith’s kid, all right. You’ve got the same high way with you.”.