Perhaps--Would you go away from here ?" "Would I ?--O wouldn't I?
and be glad of the chance.

I'd give anything to go where I couldn't get sight or sound of that horrid Snipe.

Can't I go with you, Miss Ercildoune ?" "I have no counter behind which to station you," said Francesca, smiling.
"No, I know,--of course; but"-- looking at the daintily arrayed figure--"you have plenty of elegant things to make, and I can do pretty much anything with my needle, if you'd like to trust me with some work.
And then--I'm ashamed to ask so much of you, but a few words from you to your friends, I'm sure, would send me all that I could do, and more." "You think so ?" Miss Ercildoune inquired, with a curious intonation to her voice, and the strangest expression darkening her face.

"Very well, it shall be tried." Sallie was nonplussed by the tone and look, but she comprehended the closing words fully and with delight.

"You will take me with you," she cried.