[Sandra Belloni by George Meredith]@TWC D-Link bookSandra Belloni CHAPTER XVI 26/34
He came to a sudden stop. Mrs.Chump had become too deeply absorbed in her impatience to notice the change in his tone; and when he said, "Now then, to breakfast, quick!" she was pursuing her lamentable interjections.
At sight of the servants trooping forth, she jumped up and ran to the door. "Ye don't go .-- Pole, they're all here.
And I've been robbed, I have. Avery note I had from ye, Pole, all gone.
And my purse left behind, like the skin of a thing.
Lord forbid I accuse annybody; but when I get up, my first rush is to feel in my pocket.
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