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Melbourne House, Volume 1

CHAPTER IV
11/22

The child had been looking at her and her baskets, but now suddenly looked away to the shopkeeper.
"Please, sir, I want--" "There! stop," said Mr.Lamb; "don't you see I'm busy.

I can't attend to you just now; you must wait .-- Are these baskets better, ma'am ?" he said coming back to Daisy and a smooth voice.
Daisy felt troubled, but she tried to attend to her business.

She asked the price of the baskets.
"Those first I shewed you, ma'am, are three pence apiece--these are sixpence.

This is quite a tasty basket," said Mr.Lamb, balancing one on his forefinger.

"Being open, you see, it shews the fruit through.


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