The Cuckoo Tree
“Before going in, Dido glanced through the kitchen window and saw Miss Sarah Gusset knitting socks by the fire; nobody else was in the room. Dido slipped softly in the back door.
"There you are, then, dearie," Miss Sarah remarked placidly, finishing off her sock and adding it to a large heap of others. "Where's t'other little lass? And did you find the one you went to look for?" She spoke as if rescuing people from jail were a perfectly normal occupation.
"Yes, ma'am, we did," Dido said quietly.... "They're a-waiting outside—I was wondering where we'd best put 'em—it wouldn't do for anyone to lay eyes on 'em." "No indeed, dearie. They'd best go in our Gentlemen's cellar, the one the Wineberry lads uses in wintertime; they'll be cozy as two mice in a nest there. Just you fetch them in, poor little scrumplings—I daresay you can all do with a bowl of my soup." Reassured by this calm welcome, Dido went off to fetch her companions. Halfway down the High Street an alley led in from the left.MoreLess
"There you are, then, dearie," Miss Sarah remarked placidly, finishing off her sock and adding it to a large heap of others. "Where's t'other little lass? And did you find the one you went to look for?" She spoke as if rescuing people from jail were a perfectly normal occupation.
"Yes, ma'am, we did," Dido said quietly.... "They're a-waiting outside—I was wondering where we'd best put 'em—it wouldn't do for anyone to lay eyes on 'em." "No indeed, dearie. They'd best go in our Gentlemen's cellar, the one the Wineberry lads uses in wintertime; they'll be cozy as two mice in a nest there. Just you fetch them in, poor little scrumplings—I daresay you can all do with a bowl of my soup." Reassured by this calm welcome, Dido went off to fetch her companions. Halfway down the High Street an alley led in from the left.MoreLess
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