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Joanna having earlier proved utterly unromantic in her attitude, Nancy went further with Ellen and gave her an English novel called, "The Merriweathers," in which an old family servant had not only followed her employers from castle to hovel, remaining there without Wages for years, but had insisted on lending all her savings to the Mistress of the Manor. JOANNA HAVING EARLIER PROVED UTTERLY UNROMANTIC IN HER ATTITUDE NANCY WENT FURTHER WITH ELLEN AND GAVE HER AN ENGLISH NOVEL CALLED THE MERRY WEATHERS IN WHICH AN OLD FAMILY SERVANT HAD NOT ONLY FOLLOWED HER EMPLOYERS FROM CASTLE TO HOVEL REMAINING THERE WITHOUT WAGES FOR YEARS BUT HAD INSISTED ON LENDING ALL HER SAVINGS TO THE MISTRESS OF THE MANOR
awing and filing, screwing and unscrewing, and it was joy unspeakable to be obliged (or at least almost obliged) to call in clarion tones to one another, across the din and fanfare, and to compel answers in a high key. Peter took a constant succession of articles to the shed, where packing was going on, but his chief treasures were deposited in a basket at the front gate, with the idea that they would be transported as his personal baggage. The pile grew and grew: a woolly lamb, two Noah's arks, bottles and marbles innumerable, a bag of pebbles, a broken steam engine, two china nest-eggs, an orange, a banana and some walnuts, a fishing line, a trowel, a ball of string. These give an idea of the quality of Peter's effects, but not of the quantity. Ellen the cook labored loyally, for it was her last week's work with the family. She would be left behind, like Charlestown and all the old life, when Mother Carey and the stormy petrels flitted across unknown waters from one haven to another. WAS FILLED WITH SOUNDS OF HAMMERING AND SAWING AND FILING SCREWING AND UNSCREWING AND IT WAS JOY UNSPEAKABLE TO BE OBLIGED OR AT LEAST ALMOST OBLIGED TO CALL IN CLARION TONES TO ONE ANOTHER ACROSS THE DIN AND FANFARE AND TO COMPEL ANSWERS IN A HIGH KEY PETER TOOK A CONSTANT SECESSION OF ARTICLES TO THE SHED WHERE PACKING WAS GOING ON BUT HIS CHIEF TREASURES WERE DEPOSITED IN A BASKET AT THE FRONT GATE WITH THE IDEA THAT THEY WOULD BE TRANSPORTED AS HIS PERSONAL BAGGAGE THE PILE GREW AND GREW A WOOLLY LAMB TWO NOAH'S ARKS BOTTLES AND MARBLES INNUMERABLE A BAG OF PEBBLES A BROKEN STEAM ENGINE TWO CHINA NEST EGGS AN ORANGE A BANANA AND SOME WALNUTS A FISHING LINE A TROUGH OF ALL A STRING THESE GIVE AN IDEA THE QUALITY OF PETER'S EFFECTS BUT NOT OF THE QUANTITY ELLEN THE COOK LABORED LOYALLY FOR IT WAS HER LAST WEEK'S WORK WITH FAMILY SHE WOULD BE LEFT BEHIND LIKE CHARLESTON IN ALL THE OLD LIFE WHEN MOTHER CAREY AND THE STORMY PETROL SPLITTED ACROSS UNKNOWN WATERS FROM ONE HAVEN TO ANOTHER
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