Cold joint to-morrow, and a salad made with stale lettuce which we
gets cheap; potatoes boiled plain and not mashed, and a apple dumpling
to follow. The ladies is very particular that their pastry should be
light. Miss Slowcum says she can't sleep a bit at night if her pastry
is heavy. She called me Sarah Martha Ann the last time I made it, and
she looked most vinegary. Yes, Miss Jasmine, the dinner's plain
to-morrow, and I'll get up with the daybreak, and do my cleaning. I
don't see why Aunt Flint shouldn't let me go with you, miss."
Mrs. Flint, when properly attacked, proved herself quite vulnerable.
She was anxious to please the Mainwarings who she hoped would take up
their abode with her, for naughty Primrose had by no means divulged
her real plans. Accordingly, Poppy was allowed to get her dinner
beforehand, and a very happy little quartet left the Mansion soon
after eleven o'clock.
They had gone some little distance from Penelope Mansion, and found
themselves in a far more cheerful and bright-looking street, before
Poppy divulged her plans.
"I has got to choose," she said, "and as I stated distinct to Miss
Jasmine yesterday, I don't go in for the glooms of the Tower, nor the
solemns of the Cathedral.
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