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The girls were more peaceable; they were chiefly employed in skipping, and only abused one another mildly when the rope was not properly turned or the skipper did not jump sufficiently high. THE GIRLS WERE MORE PEACEABLE THEY WERE CHIEFLY EMPLOYED IN SKIPPING AND ONLY ABUSED ONE ANOTHER MILDLY WHEN THE ROPE WAS NOT PROPERLY TURNED OR THE SKIPPER DID NOT JUMP SUFFICIENTLY HIGH
rty houses on one side and forty houses on the other, and these eighty houses are very much more like one another than ever peas are like peas, or young ladies like young ladies. They are newish, three-storied buildings of dingy grey brick with slate roofs, and they are perfectly flat, without a bow-window or even a projecting cornice or window-sill to break the straightness of the line from one end of the street to the other. This Saturday afternoon the street was full of life; no traffic came down Vere Street, and the cemented space between the pavements was given up to children. Several games of cricket were being played by wildly excited boys, using coats for wickets, an old tennis-ball or a bundle of rags tied together for a ball, and, generally, an old broomstick for bat. The wicket was so large and the bat so small that the man in was always getting bowled, when heated quarrels would arise, the batter absolutely refusing to go out and the bowler absolutely insisting on going in. R BRIDGE ROAD IT HAS FORTY HOUSES ON ONE SIDE AND FORTY HOUSES ON THE OTHER AND THESE EIGHTY HOUSES ARE VERY MUCH MORE LIKE ONE ANOTHER THAN EVER PIZA LIKE PEAS OR YOUNG LADIES LIKE YOUNG LADIES THEY ARE NEWISH THREE STORIED BUILDINGS OF DINGY GREY BRICK WITH SLATE ROOFS AND THEY ARE PERFECTLY FLAT WITHOUT A BAR WINDOW OR EVEN A PROJECTING CORNICE OR WINDOW SILL TO BREAK THE STRAIGHTNESS OF THE LINE FROM ONE END OF THE STREET TO THE OTHER THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON THE STREET WAS FULL OF LIFE NO TRAFFIC CAME DOWN VERE STREET AND THE CEMENTED SPACE BETWEEN THE PAVEMENTS WAS GIVEN UP TO CHILDREN SEVERAL GAMES OF CRICKET WERE BEING PLAYED BY WILDLY EXCITED BOYS USING COATS FOR WICKETS AN OLD TENNIS BALL OR A BUNDLE OF RAGS TIED TOGETHER FOR A BALL AND GENERALLY AN OLD BROOMSTICK FOR A BAT THE WICKET WAS SO LARGE AND THE BAT SO SMALL THAT THE MAN IN WAS ALWAYS GETTING BOLD WHEN HEATED QUARRELS WOULD ARISE THE BATTER ABSOLUTELY REFUSING TO GO OUT AND THE BOWLER ABSOLUTELY INSISTING ON GOING IN
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