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"I know Joanna and Ellen will take good care of the housekeeping," continued Mrs. Carey, "and you will be in school from nine to two, so that the time won't go heavily. For the rest I make Nancy responsible. If she is young, you must remember that you are all younger still, and I trust you to her." I KNOW JOANNA AND ELLEN WILL TAKE HER CARE OF THE HOUSEKEEPING CONTINUED MISSUS CAREY AND YOU WILL BE IN SCHOOL FROM NINE TO TWO SO THAT THE TIME WON'T GO HEAVILY FOR THE REST I MAKE NANCY RESPONSIBLE IF SHE IS YOUNG YOU MUST REMEMBER THAT YOU ARE ALL YOUNGER STILL AND I TRUST YOU TO HER
her lap for one last hug. "I'll be an angel boy pretty near all the time," he asserted between mouthfuls of apple, "or most pretty near," he added prudently, as if unwilling to promise anything superhuman in the way of behavior. As a matter of fact it required only a tolerable show of virtue for Peter to win encomiums at any time. He would brush his curly mop of hair away from his forehead, lift his eyes, part his lips, showing a row of tiny white teeth; then a dimple would appear in each cheek and a seraphic expression (wholly at variance with the facts) would overspread the baby face, whereupon the beholder--Mother Carey, his sisters, the cook or the chambermaid, everybody indeed but Cousin Ann, who could never be wheedled--would cry "Angel boy!" and kiss him. He was even kissed now, though he had done nothing at all but exist and be an enchanting personage, which is one of the injustices of a world where a large number of virtuous and well-behaved people go unkissed to their graves! SAID HIS MOTHER LIFTING HIM TO HER LAP FOR ONE LAST TUG I'LL BE AN ANGEL BOY PRETTY NEAR ALL THE TIME HE ASSERTED BETWEEN MOUTHFULS OF APPLE OR MOST PRETTY NEAR HE ADDED PRUDENTLY AS IF UNWILLING TO PROMISE ANYTHING SUPERHUMAN IN THE WAY OF BEHAVIOR AS A MATTER OF FACT IT REQUIRED ONLY A TOLERABLE SHOW OF VIRTUE FOR PETER TO WIN ENCOMIUM AT ANY TIME HE WOULD BRUSH HIS CURLY MUMP OF HAIR AWAY FROM HIS FOREHEAD LIFT HIS EYES PART HIS LIPS SHOWING A ROW OF TINY WHITE TEETH THEN A DIMPLE WOULD APPEAR IN EACH CHEEK AND A SERAPHIC EXPRESSION WHOLLY AT VARIANCE WITH THE FACTS WOULD OVERSPREAD THE BABY FACE WHEREUPON THE BEHOLDER MOTHER CAREY HIS SISTERS THE COOK OR THE CHAMBERMAID EVERYBODY INDEED BUT COUSIN ANN WHO COULD NEVER BE WHEEDLED WOULD CRY ANGEL BOY AND KISS HIM HE WAS EVEN KISSED NOW THOUGH HE HAD DONE NOTHING AT ALL BUT EXIST AND BE AN ENCHANTING PERSONAGE WHICH IS ONE OF THE INJUSTICES OF A WORLD WHERE A LARGE NUMBER OF VIRTUOUS AND WELL BEHAVED PEOPLE GO AND KISS TO THEIR GRAVES
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