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Chapter 22

           

           "Well!"shecried,pickingupthepocket-handkerchief,"ifthatdon’tmakeseventimes!WhatAREyouadoingofthisafternoon,Mum!"Mrs.Pocketreceivedherproperty,atfirstwithalookofunutterablesurpriseasifshehadneverseenitbefore,andthenwithalaughofrecognition,andsaid,"Thankyou,Flopson,"andforgotme,andwentonreading.

           Ifound,nowIhadleisuretocountthem,thattherewerenofewerthansixlittlePocketspresent,invariousstagesoftumblingup.Ihadscarcelyarrivedatthetotalwhenaseventhwasheard,asintheregionofair,wailingdolefully.

           "Ifthereain’tBaby!"saidFlopson,appearingtothinkitmostsurprising."Makehasteup,Millers."

           Millers,whowastheothernurse,retiredintothehouse,andbydegreesthechild’swailingwashushedandstopped,asifitwereayoungventriloquistwithsomethinginitsmouth.Mrs.Pocketreadallthetime,andIwascurioustoknowwhatthebookcouldbe.

           Wewerewaiting,Isupposed,forMr.Pockettocomeouttous;atanyratewewaitedthere,andsoIhadanopportunityofobservingtheremarkablefamilyphenomenonthatwheneveranyofthechildrenstrayednearMrs.Pocketintheirplay,theyalwaystrippedthemselvesupandtumbledoverheralwaysverymuchtohermomentaryastonishment,andtheirownmoreenduringlamentation.

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