Much Ado About Peter

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Джин Уэбстер. Much Ado About Peter

I. GERVIE ZAME, GERVIE DOOR

II. THE RUFFLED FROCK

III. THEIR INNOCENT DIVERSIONS

IV. DIGNITY AND THE ELEPHANT

V. THE RISE OF VITTORIO

VI. HELD FOR RANSOM

VII. GEORGE WASHINGTON'S UNDERSTUDY

VIII. A USURPED PREROGATIVE

IX. MRS. CARTER AS FATE

X. A PARABLE FOR HUSBANDS

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"Do ye want anything more of me, Nora?" she asked.

"No, be off with you, child," said Nora, good-naturedly. "I'll finish puttin' to rights meself," and she gathered up the dish-towels and carried them into the laundry.

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Nora and Peter regarded each other helplessly. They furtively sympathized with Annie, but they did not dare to do it openly, as sympathy only fanned the flames, and they both knew that Mrs. Carter, having pronounced her ultimatum, would stand by it. Annie must wash that dress before five o'clock, or Annie must go. At the thought of her going, Peter fetched a deep sigh, and two frowning lines appeared on his brow. She had been there only four weeks, but Willowbrook would never again be Willowbrook without her. Presently the silence was broken by the sound of generous footsteps flapping across the back veranda, and Ellen, the cook at Mr. Jasper's, appeared in the doorway.

"Good afternoon to ye, Nora, an' I wants to borrow a drop o' vanilla. I ardered it two days ago, an' that fool of a grocer's b'y–what's the matter wit' Annie?" she asked, her good-natured laughing face taking on a look of concern as she gazed at the tableau before her.

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