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"Dear! dear! and the milk all gone sour? We should have had milk of our own, if Edward had not persuaded me against buying another cow." "I don't think Mr. Buxton will mind it much," said Maggie, dimpling up, as she remembered, half unconsciously, how little he had seemed to care for anything but herself. DEAR DEAR AND THE MILK ALL GONE SOUR WE SHOULD HAVE HAD MILK OF OUR OWN IF EDWARD HAD NOT PERSUADED ME TO BEGIN SPYING ANOTHER COW I DON'T THINK MIXED MISTER BUXTON WILL MIND IT MUCH SAID MAGGIE DIMPLING UP AS SHE REMEMBERED HALF UNCONSCIOUSLY HOW LITTLE HE HAD SEEMED TO CARE FOR ANYTHING BUT HERSELF
ss; it seemed as yet so cobweb-like, as if a touch would spoil its beauty. "Mamma, just wait a minute. Just sit down in your chair while I tell you something. Please, dear mamma." She took a stool, and sat at her mother's feet; and then she began to turn the wedding-ring on Mrs. Browne's hand, looking down and never speaking, till the latter became impatient. "What is it you have got to say, child? Do make haste, for I want to go up-stairs." With a great jerk of resolution, Maggie said: "Mamma, Frank Buxton has asked me to marry him." She hid her face in her mother's lap for an instant; and then she lifted it up, as brimful of the light of happiness as is the cup of a water-lily of the sun's radiance. "Maggie--you don't say so," said her mother, half incredulously. "It can't be, for he's at Cambridge, and it's not post-day. What do you mean?" "He came this morning, mother, when I was down at the well; and we fixed that I was to speak to you; and he asked if he might come again for tea.  TEA BUT SHE DREADED SPEAKING ABOUT HER HAPPINESS IT SEEMED AS YET SO COBWEB LIKE AS IF A TOUCH WOULD SPOIL ITS BEAUTY MAMMA JUST WAIT A MINUTE JUST SIT DOWN IN YOUR CHAIR WHILE I TELL YOU SOMETHING PLEASE DEAR MAMMA SHE TOOK A STOOL AND SAT AT HER MOTHER'S FEET AND THEN SHE BEGAN TO TURN THE WEDDING RING ON MISSUS BROWN'S HAND LOOKING DOWN AND NEVER SPEAKING TILL THE LATTER BECAME IMPATIENT WHAT IS IT YOU'VE GOT TO SAY CHILD DO MAKE HASTE FOR I WANT TO GO UP STAIRS WITH A GREAT JERK OF RESOLUTION MAGGIE SAID MAMMA FRANK BUS BUXTON HAS ASKED ME TO MARRY HIM SHE HID HER FACE IN HER MOTHER'S LAP FOR AN INSTANT AND THEN SHE LIFTED IT UP AS BRIMFUL OF THE LIGHT OF HAPPINESS AS IS THE CUP OF A WATER LILY OF THE SUN'S RADIANCE MAGGIE YOU DON'T SAY SO SAID HER MOTHER HALF INCREDULOUSLY IT CAN'T BE FOR HE IS AT CAMBRIDGE AND IT'S NOT POSTY WHAT DO YOU MEAN HE CAME THIS MORNING MOTHER WHEN I WAS DOWN AT THE WELL AND WE FIXED THAT I WAS TO SPEAK TO YOU AND HE ASKED IF HE MIGHT COME AGAIN FOR TEA
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