if we ask her to make some; and I will undertake to iron your caps, mamma.’
Many a time that morning did Margaret wish Mr. Thornton far enough away. She had planned other St.Louis Rams Kvinnor employments for herself: a letter to Edith, a good piece of Dante, a visit to the Higginses. But, instead, she ironed away, listening to Dixon’s complaints, and only hoping that by an excess of sympathy she might prevent her from carrying the recital of her sorrows to Mrs. Hale. Every now and then, Margaret had to remind herself of Scarpe Hogan Elective Donna her father’s Ostaa Halpa Air Max Tn Miehet regard for Mr. Thornton, to subdue the irritation of weariness that was stealing over her, and bringing on one of the bad headaches to which she had lately become liable. She could hardly speak when she sat down at last, and told her mother that she was no longer Peggy the laundry-maid, Los Angeles Chargers Tröjor but Margaret Hale the lady. She meant this speech for a little joke, and was vexed enough with her busy tongue when she found her mother taking it seriously.
‘Yes! if any one had told me, when I was Miss Beresford, and one of the belles of the county, that a child of mine would Scarpe Nike Flyknit Air Max Uomo have to stand half a day, in a little poky kitchen, working away like any servant, that we might prepare properly for the reception of a tradesman, and that this tradesman should be the only’—‘Oh, mamma!’ said Margaret, lifting herself up, ‘don’t punish me so for a careless speech. I don’t mind ironing, or any kind of work, for you and papa. I am myself a born and bred lady through it all, even though it comes to scouring a floor, or washing dishes. I am tired now, just for a little while; but in half an hour I shall be ready to do the Scarpe Basket Scarpe same over again. And as to Mr. Thornton’s being in trade, Houston Texans Kvinnor why he can’t help that now, poor fellow. I don’t suppose his education would fit him for much else.’ Margaret lifted herself slowly up, and went to her own room; for just now she could not bear much more.
In Mr. Thornton’s house, at this very same time, a similar, yet different, scene was going on. A large-boned lady, l |