[Under the Lilacs by Louisa May Alcott]@TWC D-Link bookUnder the Lilacs CHAPTER III 3/7
"Do you know what I'm going to do with you ?" she asked, trying to look calm and cool, with a great tear running down her wholesome red cheek, and a smile trying to break out at the corners of her lips. "No, ma'am, and I dunno as I care.
Only don't be hard on Sanch; he's been real good to me, and we 're fond of one another; ain't us, old chap ?" answered the boy, with his arm around the dog's neck, and an anxious look which he had not worn for himself. "I'm going to take you right home, and wash and feed and put you in a good bed; and to-morrow,--well, we'll see what'll happen then," said Mrs.Moss, not quite sure about it herself. "You're very kind, ma'am, I'll be glad to work for you.
Ain't you got a horse I can see to ?" asked the boy, eagerly. "Nothing but hens and a cat." Bab and Betty burst out laughing when their mother said that, and Ben gave a faint giggle, as if he would like to join in if he only had the strength to do it.
But his legs shook under him, and he felt a queer dizziness; so he could only hold on to Sancho, and blink at the light like a young owl. "Come right along, child.
Run on, girls, and put the rest of the broth to warming, and fill the kettle.
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