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    TWO CHAPTERS ABOUT CHARWOMEN. 189

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    Chapter I. My Experiences Of The Class.

    My _nionstached friend looked horrified at first ; and I , thinking it any He thing laug but hed a heartil joke , was when fain I to did exp so lain recommending . that we should

    y , be lock , but the sivate door on Peggy the ! inside /" a shrug ; for , he of the added shoulders slyly , " and Peggy shake she of may the

    with head Another gave mother an nig expressive ht , when Peggy a finish grave thrust to lawyer in the her sentence was head transacting . saying some she had business been

    seeking my us throug , h the house to say " Good-ni , ght , " and she gave a good tempered nod to the man of parchmentand , to his utter

    sur-, prise I looked , said " at Good mother -night" ' s to face him and also saw . in the flush which covered

    it how much she my had been annoyed by my protegee ' s intrusion ; only her the thoug from ht recalling , as to how Peggy I should , and manage telling her without she had any no hel further p , prevented need

    of her services . However , the climax was not far distant . The not parted very intrude next , and tim had again e we told . had my I was inoustached any mistaken music going friend thoug on that h , , I for _" thoug swate soon ht Peggy we she fire " had " became and would

    demy a darlint ware turning " miss that towards she mustn was her ' crouching t , she lay thim said on in tunes her the most rug unless before winning ye want the tones me , to " stop Ah on ,

    all M nig friend ht , and , could ye thin what not stifle would p -his the burst childer of merriment , do widout ; their he fairl mammy y shook . "

    • with y laughter , and I , really annoyed , in spite of this touching manifestation of patriotism , beckoned Peggy out of the room and

    endeavored to make her understand that she was too intrusive . But she could not see it . She only knew that I could play the piano ,

    and she liked to hear it ; that though there might be an odd visitor or Not so in th the at she room ever , there pretended was still to amp even le herself space for with her us . ohdear no !

    , , and " More would by token niver , have she was spoken setting , if on I hadn the ' carpet t turne as d round still as up a on mouse her . " ,

    But I could not be made to understand that the parlor hearthuninvited d rug one was , any a was more fitting an than loung unwarrantable I could ing p persuade lace libert for 7 Peggy icr . , that So when we her parted coming her work mutu thither was ally

    unconvinced , and my Irish washerwoman y , deeming herself ill-used , declined to wash and scrub any longer for people who were " so

    moi For ghty some pertikler weeks intirel after y . Peggy " ' s departure , I worked unassisted ;

    but a severe cold compelled me again to seek aid . After spending almost as much time as would have sufficed for the work itself , I to

    at last met with an individual who expressed herself willing oblime by comingBut from her first entering the house she

    ge . ferring appeared a favor so anxious , that the to impress sense of upon debt us became the fact positivel that y she oppressive was con- .

    She hesitated about engaging herself for a future day , and very

    Two Chapters About Charwomen. 189

    TWO CHAPTERS ABOUT CHARWOMEN . 189

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), May 1, 1860, page 189, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01051860/page/45/