say. “Cook tells me she has missed things repeatedly.”
“‘T warn’t me, mum,” said Becky sobbing. “I was ‘ungry enough, but ‘t warn’t me—never!”
“You deserve to be sent to prison,” said Miss Minchin’s voice. “Picking and stealing! Half a meat pie, indeed!”
“‘T warn’t me,” wept Becky. “I could ‘ave eat a whole un—but I never laid a finger on it.”
Miss Minchin was out of breath between temper and mounting the stairs.
say. “Cook tells me she has missed things repeatedly.”
“‘T warn’t me, mum,” said Becky sobbing. “I was ‘ungry enough, but ‘t warn’t me—never!”
“You deserve to be sent to prison,” said Miss Minchin’s voice. “Picking and stealing! Half a meat pie, indeed!”
“‘T warn’t me,” wept Becky. “I could ‘ave eat a whole un—but I never laid a finger on it.”
Miss Minchin was out of breath between temper and mounting the stairs.
