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She drew them when she should have been totting up. They were Mrs. Darling's guesses. SHE DREW THEM WHEN SHE SHOULD HAVE BEEN TOTTING UP THEY WERE MISSUS DARLING'S GUESSES
eously that they loved her, and they all ran to her house to propose to her except Mr. Darling, who took a cab and nipped in first, and so he got her. He got all of her, except the innermost box and the kiss. He never knew about the box, and in time he gave up trying for the kiss. Wendy thought Napoleon could have got it, but I can picture him trying, and then going off in a passion, slamming the door. Mr. Darling used to boast to Wendy that her mother not only loved him but respected him. He was one of those deep ones who know about stocks and shares. Of course no one really knows, but he quite seemed to know, and he often said stocks were up and shares were down in a way that would have made any woman respect him. Mrs. Darling was married in white, and at first she kept the books perfectly, almost gleefully, as if it were a game, not so much as a brussels sprout was missing; but by and by whole cauliflowers dropped out, and instead of them there were pictures of babies without faces. COVERED SIMULTANEOUSLY THAT THEY LOVED HER AND THEY ALL RAN TO HER HOUSE TO PROPOSE TO HER EXCEPT MISTER DARLING WHO TOOK A GAB AND NIPPED HIM FIRST AND SO HE GOT HER HE GOT ALL OF HER EXCEPT THE INNERMOST BOX AND THE KISS HE NEVER KNEW ABOUT THE BOX AND IN TIME HE GAVE UP TRYING FOR THE KISS WENDY THOUGHT NAPOLEON COULD HAVE GOT IT BUT I CAN PICTURE HIM TRYING AND THEN GOING OFF IN A PASSION SLAMMING THE DOOR MISTER DARLING USED TO BOAST TO WENDY THAT HER MOTHER NOT ONLY LOVED HIM BUT RESPECTED HIM HE WAS ONE OF THOSE DEEP ONES WHO KNOW ABOUT STOCKS AND CHAIRS OF COURSE NO ONE REALLY KNOWS BUT HE QUITE SEEMED TO KNOW AND HE OFTEN SAID STOCKS WERE UP AND CHAIRS WERE DOWN IN A WAY THAT WOULD HAVE MADE ANY WOMAN RESPECT HIM MISSUS DARLING WAS MARRIED IN WHITE AND AT FIRST SHE KEPT THE BOOKS PERFECTLY ALMOST GLEEFULLY AS IF IT WERE A GAME NOT SO MUCH AS A BRUSSEL SPROUT WAS MISSING BUT BY AND BY WHOLE CAULIFLOWERS DROPPED OUT AND INSTEAD OF THEM THERE WERE PICTURES OF BABIES WITHOUT FACES
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