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There was no sweet loaf to put on the table, but perhaps the mother would bring something from the village, they thought. THERE WAS NO SWEET LOAF TO PUT UPON THE TABLE BUT PERHAPS THE MOTHER WOULD BRING SOMETHING FROM THE VILLAGE THEY THOUGHT
n ii.] THE NEW MOTHER. 43 them nice warm tea and sweet bread, and talked to them. Oh, how sorry they were they had been naughty, and all for that nasty village girl! They did not care a bit about the little man and woman now, or want to hear the secret. They fetched a pail of water and washed the floor; they found some rag, and rubbed the tins till they looked bright again, and, putting a footstool on a chair, they got up on it very carefully and hung up the things in their places ; and then they picked up the broken mugs and made the room as neat as they could, till it looked more and more as if the dear mother's hands had been busy about it. They felt more and more certain she would return, she and the dear little baby together, and they thought they would set the tea-things for her, just as she had so often set them for her naughty children. They took down the tea-tray, and got out the cups, and put the kettle on the fire to boil, and made everything look as home-like as they could.  IT THERE WAS THE CUPBOARD ON THE WALL AND NEVER A SWEET LOAF ON ITS SHELF AND THERE WERE THE BROKEN MUGS AND THE BITS OF BREAD TOSSED ABOUT IN THE GREASY BOARDS WHICH THE MOTHER HAD KNELT DOWN TO SCRUB UNTIL THEY WERE AS WHITE AS SNOW IN THE MIDST OF ALL STOOD THE CHILDREN LOOKING AT THE WRECK THEY HAD MADE THEIR EYES BLINDED WITH TEARS AND THEIR POOR LITTLE HANDS CLASPED IN MISERY I DON'T WHAT WE SHALL DO IF THE NEW MOTHER COMES CRIED BLUE EYES I SHALL NEVER NEVER LIKE ANY OTHER MOTHER THE TURKEY STOPPED CRYING FOR A MINUTE TO THINK WHAT SHOULD BE DONE WE WILL BOLT THE DOOR AND SHUT THE WINDOW AND WE WON'T TAKE ANY NOTICE WHEN SHE KNOCKS ALL THROUGH THE AFTERNOON THEY SAT WATCHING AND LISTENING FOR FEAR OF THE NEW MOTHER BUT THEY SAW AND HEARD NOTHING OF HER AND GRADUALLY THEY BECAME LESS AND LESS AFRAID LEST SHE SHOULD COME THEY FETCHED A PAIL OF WATER AND WASHED THE FLOOR THEY FOUND SOME RAGS AND RUBBED THE TINS THEY PICKED UP THE BROKEN MUGS AND MADE THE ROOM AS NEAT AS THEY COULD
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