Accordingly, one afternoon, when Poppy Jenkins had been three weeks in
her new place, she received a letter from Primrose Mainwaring, to
which she sent the following reply. Poppy's spelling need not be
copied, but her language ran as follows:--
Penelope Mansion,
Wright street, off the Edgware Road,
_July 22._
HONORED Miss,--
"Your letter was that gratifying. I am so glad you have put by your
savings, and are coming to visit this vast Babylon. Miss Primrose, it
will do me a sight of good to see your face, and the face of Miss
Jasmine, and the face of Miss Daisy. The ladies here, miss--for I must
own to the truth--are not as beautiful as was to be expected. Neither
in their visages nor in their manners are they beautiful. Sharp's the
word from morn till night here, and many a time I cry. I hasn't had no
moment yet to visit the sights, for aunt's hands are very full, and
she looks most natural to me to assist her, which I do, as in duty
bound. I'm told that there isn't much of the real London to be seen
from Penelope Mansion, so I live in hopes that it is as beautiful as
we pictured it beyond these dull walls.
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