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out bottles , and gradually tlie twelve British sailors showed symptoms of inebriation and staggered aboutto the great delight of all , but
apparently a call to duty was the , best cure , for they were suddenly seen to fling away their bottles and to pull imaginary ropes ,
formed of their little sticks held together . It really was uncommonlwell doneand A . and I clapped at the end . One equally
y , vulgar-minded individual joined us , but the rest of the company were too genteel . At least so I imagine , but A . thinks they did not know
what In sp clapp ite ing of all meant the . resources of the toilette , the toys were regular
little clodhoppers ; but the girls ! certainly dress is a wonderful leveller , and I suppose girls have a natural aptitude for refinement .
Nothing could look better than they did , and when they came and danced a quadrille , nothing could be more precise than the figures .
and Thoug lig h htness Madame they could Michau not ' s have pupils executed might a have variety had of more complicated grace
, figures " Ten better weeks than ! " said these I to children A . "Do did . you think you or I could be instruction ?
such proficients in a totally new art after ten weeks' " But A . had pulled out her little sketch-book , and was drawing some
of the children . And now a pas de deux was to be performed by a little sailor of about sevenand a little girl of five in a sort of
Swiss peasant costume . Round , the floor , round and round the little chubbcreature trottedandwith a tender and supplicating
y , , air , after her trotted the little sailor . He was continually and contemptuously waved away , and looked disconsolate , but went on
pressing his suit . At last his ears were boxed , and , resuming her " maiden meditation" round and round again trotted the little lady .
Despair seized him . , He wept audibly in a little red pocket-handkerchiefand tried—but I am happy to say in vain—to find
comfort in the , bottle . At last out came the little red pocket-handkerchief again ; he put it round his neck , drew it tight , and fell down
on the floor insensible . The little mill-horse did stop now , looke d at himuntied the knotbut in vain ; raised his handwhich fell
bang on , the floor again , , and then she fell to weeping into , the useful little red pocket-handkerchief . At last a sudden idea seemed to
strike her , She fetched the bottle and poured the contents down his throat . Sudden revival . A solemn and lengthy shake of the
hand was exchanged , and off they went into a triumphant double hornpi .
But pe I cannot describe all the dances ; and , after a while , finding it was half-pasl ten , and that a rest of fifteen minutes combined
"with bread and butter was being taken by the children , A . and I prepared to depart . She took Mrs . Ritson aside to make
arrangements for our reception at her farm , while I , with an . elaborate and graceful curtsey suitable to the occasionwished Mrs . Brocklebank
good night , and expressed our great gratification , . I forgot to say
we had been very much interested in watcjiing her . A tall , hand-
42 Adventures Of Your Own Correspondents...
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Sept. 1, 1859, page 42, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01091859/page/42/
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