Here, for goodness’ sake don’t be so selfish, Miss Sybil, said Ann, her good temper suddenly returning. You spend all your time playing your precious fiddle, instead of housekeeping now you can just clear up alone! Put away your things yourself, she shouted. "If it is Auntie Tib she must be coming to tea, and everything’s so untidy! Here, come and help me, do!"īut Sybil still danced on regardless of entreaties. Oh, Sybil, do stop and come and help, cried Gretta distractedly. Gretta, can it be Auntie Tib from Australia? And can she have brought Margot, too? Oh, hurrah! hurrah! and she began to dance wildly round the room. Oh! and here she turned in amazement to her sister. Why, whatever do you mean, Ann? she asked excitedly. Sybil, after an instant’s pause of incredulity, recovered herself first.
Why, she’s in the drawing-room at this instant, and, what’s more, she’s your auntie, and you’d best be going straight up to see her!Īt the sound of this extraordinarily unexpected announcement both little girls opened their eyes in amazement and stared. Perhaps it’s only a patient- began Gretta timidly. I tell you plainly I’m not going to stand it, and.
Oh- bother!" She was interrupted by the entrance of a dishevelled, slatternly-looking maid who, capless and excited, burst into the untidy room.Īnd what am I to do now, Miss Gretta, I’d like to know? Here’s master bringing in a visitor, and if she stays to tea there’s not a scrap of butter in the house. I can’t possibly get it done by tea-time. "You’ve given me too much to learn, I’m sure, Gretta. I’m sure I don’t know, answered Sybil, throwing down her book and speaking in an aggrieved tone. The speaker turned anxious eyes in the direction of her younger sister, who sat kicking her heels on the faded carpet, and tilting her chair backwards and forwards as she chanted a French verb in a sing-song voice. Ethel Talbot The Bravest Girl in the SchoolĬHAPTER XXI THE HOPE-SCOTT SHIELD CHAPTER I A SECRET
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