ma’am,”—turning and making an alarmed bob to Miss Minchin— “for letting me take the liberty.”
Miss Minchin waved her hand again—this time it was in the direction of the corner near the door.
“Go and stand there,” she commanded. “Not too near the young ladies.”
Becky went to her place, grinning. She did not care where she was sent, so that she might have the luck of being inside the room, instead of being downstairs in the scullery,
ma’am,”—turning and making an alarmed bob to Miss Minchin— “for letting me take the liberty.”
Miss Minchin waved her hand again—this time it was in the direction of the corner near the door.
“Go and stand there,” she commanded. “Not too near the young ladies.”
Becky went to her place, grinning. She did not care where she was sent, so that she might have the luck of being inside the room, instead of being downstairs in the scullery,
