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When
next
I
saw
them
,
they
were
gazing
greedily
into
the
window
of
the
sixpenny-halfpenny
shop
,
which
is
one
of
the
most
deliciously
dramatic
spots
in
London
.
Mary
was
taking
notes
feverishly
on
a
slip
of
paper
while
he
did
the
adding
up
,
and
in
the
end
they
went
away
gloomily
without
buying
anything
.
I
was
in
high
feather
.
"
Match
abandoned
,
ma'am
,
"
I
said
to
myself
;
"
outlook
hopeless
;
another
visit
to
the
Governesses
'
Agency
inevitable
;
ca
n't
marry
for
want
of
a
kitchen
shovel
.
"
But
I
was
imperfectly
acquainted
with
the
lady
.
A
few
days
afterward
I
found
myself
walking
behind
her
.
There
is
something
artful
about
her
skirts
by
which
I
always
know
her
,
though
I
ca
n't
say
what
it
is
.
She
was
carrying
an
enormous
parcel
that
might
have
been
a
bird-cage
wrapped
in
brown
paper
,
and
she
took
it
into
a
bric-a-brac
shop
and
came
out
without
it
.
She
then
ran
rather
than
walked
in
the
direction
of
the
sixpenny-halfpenny
shop
.
Now
mystery
of
any
kind
is
detestable
to
me
,
and
I
went
into
the
bric-a-brac
shop
,
ostensibly
to
look
at
the
cracked
china
;
and
there
,
still
on
the
counter
,
with
the
wrapping
torn
off
it
,
was
the
article
Mary
had
sold
in
order
to
furnish
on
the
proceeds
.
What
do
you
think
it
was
?
It
was
a
wonderful
doll
's
house
,
with
dolls
at
tea
downstairs
and
dolls
going
to
bed
upstairs
,
and
a
doll
showing
a
doll
out
at
the
front
door
.
Loving
lips
had
long
ago
licked
most
of
the
paint
off
,
but
otherwise
the
thing
was
in
admirable
preservation
;
obviously
the
joy
of
Mary
's
childhood
,
it
had
now
been
sold
by
her
that
she
might
get
married
.
"
Lately
purchased
by
us
,
"
said
the
shopwoman
,
seeing
me
look
at
the
toy
,
"
from
a
lady
who
has
no
further
use
for
it
.
"
I
think
I
have
seldom
been
more
indignant
with
Mary
.
I
bought
the
doll
's
house
,
and
as
they
knew
the
lady
's
address
(
it
was
at
this
shop
that
I
first
learned
her
name
)
I
instructed
them
to
send
it
back
to
her
with
the
following
letter
,
which
I
wrote
in
the
shop
:
"
Dear
madam
,
do
n't
be
ridiculous
.
You
will
certainly
have
further
use
for
this
.
I
am
,
etc.
,
the
Man
Who
Dropped
the
Letter
.
"
It
pained
me
afterward
,
but
too
late
to
rescind
the
order
,
to
reflect
that
I
had
sent
her
a
wedding
present
;
and
when
next
I
saw
her
she
had
been
married
for
some
months
.
The
time
was
nine
o'clock
of
a
November
evening
,
and
we
were
in
a
street
of
shops
that
has
not
in
twenty
years
decided
whether
to
be
genteel
or
frankly
vulgar
;
here
it
minces
in
the
fashion
,
but
take
a
step
onward
and
its
tongue
is
in
the
cup
of
the
ice-cream
man
.
I
usually
rush
this
street
,
which
is
not
far
from
my
rooms
,
with
the
glass
down
,
but
to-night
I
was
walking
.
Mary
was
in
front
of
me
,
leaning
in
a
somewhat
foolish
way
on
the
haw-er
,
and
they
were
chatting
excitedly
.
She
seemed
to
be
remonstrating
with
him
for
going
forward
,
yet
more
than
half
admiring
him
for
not
turning
back
,
and
I
wondered
why
.
And
after
all
what
was
it
that
Mary
and
her
painter
had
come
out
to
do
?
To
buy
two
pork
chops
.
On
my
honour
.
She
had
been
trying
to
persuade
him
,
I
decided
,
that
they
were
living
too
lavishly
.
That
was
why
she
sought
to
draw
him
back
.
But
in
her
heart
she
loves
audacity
,
and
that
is
why
she
admired
him
for
pressing
forward
.
No
sooner
had
they
bought
the
chops
than
they
scurried
away
like
two
gleeful
children
to
cook
them
.
I
followed
,
hoping
to
trace
them
to
their
home
,
but
they
soon
out-distanced
me
,
and
that
night
I
composed
the
following
aphorism
:
It
is
idle
to
attempt
to
overtake
a
pretty
young
woman
carrying
pork
chops
.
I
was
now
determined
to
be
done
with
her
.
First
,
however
,
to
find
out
their
abode
,
which
was
probably
within
easy
distance
of
the
shop
.
I
even
conceived
them
lured
into
taking
their
house
by
the
advertisement
,
"
Conveniently
situated
for
the
Pork
Emporium
.
"
Well
,
one
day
--
now
this
really
is
romantic
and
I
am
rather
proud
of
it
.
