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"Rooms all shut up," Ellen declared, "and not a word left behind nor
nothing, and little Alfred come down with a messenger boy, in such a
mess as never was!"
"I hope he arrived safely?" Burton inquired. "I found it necessary to
send him home."
"He arrived all right," Ellen announced.
"You found a change in him?" Burton asked.
"If you mean about his finicking ways, I do find a change," Ellen
replied, "and a good job, too. He's playing with the other boys again
and using those silly books to shoot at with a catapult, which to my
mind is a sight more reasonable than poring over them all the time. I
never did see a man," she continued, with a slow smile, "so taken aback
as Mr. Denschem, when he came to take him to the museum yesterday.
Little Alf wouldn't have nothing to do with him at any price."
Burton sighed.
"I am afraid," he said politely, "that you may have been inconvenienced
by not hearing from me on Saturday."
"'Inconvenienced' is a good word," Ellen remarked. "I've managed to pay
my way till now, thank you. What I came up to know about is this!" she
went on, producing a copy of the Daily Press from her reticule and
smoothing it out on her knee.
Burton groaned.
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