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Chapter 36

           ThesmallservantstoodwithhumilityinpresenceofMissSally,andhungherhead.

           ‘Areyouthere?’saidMissSally.

           ‘Yes,ma’am,’wastheanswerinaweakvoice.

           ‘Gofurtherawayfromthelegofmutton,oryou’llbepickingit,Iknow,’saidMissSally.

           Thegirlwithdrewintoacorner,whileMissBrasstookakeyfromherpocket,andopeningthesafe,broughtfromitadrearywasteofcoldpotatoes,lookingaseatableasStonehenge.Thissheplacedbeforethesmallservant,orderinghertositdownbeforeit,andthen,takingupagreatcarving-knife,madeamightyshowofsharpeningituponthecarving-fork.

           ‘Doyouseethis?’saidMissBrass,slicingoffabouttwosquareinchesofcoldmutton,afterallthispreparation,andholdingitoutonthepointofthefork.

           Thesmallservantlookedhardenoughatitwithherhungryeyestoseeeveryshredofit,smallasitwas,andanswered,‘yes.’

           ‘Thendon’tyouevergoandsay,’retortedMissSally,‘thatyouhadn’tmeathere.There,eatitup.’

           Thiswassoondone.‘Now,doyouwantanymore?’saidMissSally.

           Thehungrycreatureansweredwithafaint‘No.’Theywereevidentlygoingthroughanestablishedform.

           ‘You’vebeenhelpedoncetomeat,’saidMissBrass,summingupthefacts;‘youhavehadasmuchasyoucaneat,you’reaskedifyouwantanymore,andyouanswer,‘no!’Thendon’tyouevergoandsayyouwereallowanced,mindthat.’

           Withthosewords,MissSallyputthemeatawayandlockedthesafe,andthendrawingneartothesmallservant,overlookedherwhileshefinishedthepotatoes

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