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"Oh, I have my work to do; and besides, I often prefer standing.",Then said the woman, "Ah, magpie, pity me, help me; for now I need help. Look in the trampled mud of the wallow and see if you can find even a little piece of my father's body and bring it to me.",Mr Eagle approached Mr Lawrence, who turned upon him suddenly.,"I did, sir.","You are either a very brave boy or a very foolish one," said Hinter. "Will you tell me what prompted you to dare what no other person in the Settlement would dare! Was it simply curiosity?",Presently they came to others of the posse, and after that to a long line of farmers and other citizens, fighting desperately but successfully against the dying flames.,Judith scanned the doors critically, her brows puckered and her head aslant.,“I thank you, sir,” said Grandmother. “I thank you, sir.”,"And where, pray, is Lucy?" said Miss Acton, in a voice querulous with alarm and other feelings, for Miss Acton was one of those old ladies who are always praising Providence for its blessings, but who are very willing to find calamity in trifles. "She is a long time gone. Who says that she breakfasted with the Jellybottles? And at what time did she leave the house? And if Mamie went with her why is she here?" she added, turning her eyes upon the little terrier.,Pshaw! At Tellef’s they had eaten all the apples immediately on Tellef’s arrival with them.,“I see,” said Bob. “Then he’s got a real reason for not liking the irrigating scheme. But you don’t seem to think the way he does about it.”,"Who lost it there?" asked Sarby, abruptly..