"Mother always gives us porridge.
And I won't sit next Charlie.

He's always dirtying hisself.

He stickied hisself just all over this morning with treacle.

Mother would have given him a clout." However, on the whole, she was as good as such a wild creature could be, and the children and she had some capital times together.

Wheeler the gardener let them gather strawberries and currants for making jam, a delightful piece of work, which helped to keep Tiza out of mischief and make her contented with staying away from home more than anything else.
At last, after three days, the doctor said she might come home if she would promise to be quiet in the house.