I'm going round to see Mr. Jones about the
plates he was to try and sell for me, and then I shall hurry back to
Daisy."
"Take her this fresh egg and this little sponge-loaf for her supper,"
said Miss Egerton. "Now good-bye, dear. God bless you, dear!"
"It is wonderful what kind friends we girls seem to meet at every
turn," thought Primrose to herself, as she hurried down the dirty,
sloppy street. "It would be very strange if we did not succeed with so
many people wishing us well. Oh! I feel in good spirits to-night. Even
if Mr. Jones has not sold the plates I shall not complain."
Mr. Jones assured his industrious pupil when she entered his dark
little shop that he had "all but" got a customer for her. The customer
was a wealthy old gentleman, who had a passion for collecting china,
and, in special, liked the work of beginners. The old gentleman had
looked at Primrose's plates, and had said that they were very fine,
and had a certain crudity or freshness about them, which, for his
part, he took to; and if she had three or four more lessons he felt
morally certain that he would purchase her wares.
"He's a splendid customer, but he was most explicit on the point of
more lessons, Miss Mainwaring," said Mr.
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