"You have about as much
sympathy as these rocks."
"Is Margery seriously hurt?" called the guardian.
"Yeth. Thhe thkinned her nothe," Tommy informed her. "I gueth thhe
will be all right, after thhe hath grown thome new thkin."
"Pull up, please," called Harriet. "Margery, lean forward this time
and keep your hands at your sides. That is the way. Mr. Grubb will
have you up there in no time. Tommy, I am ashamed of you for making
fun of Margery when you knew she was suffering."
"I wathn't. I'm thorry that Buthter thuffered. I know what it ith to
thuffer. Lotth of painful thingth have happened to me."
"Indeed they have, and we've all heard about them, too," said Jane
sarcastically.
"See how nicely Margery is going up. That is the way we shall send you
up, Jane dear," said Harriet, with a mischievous twinkle in her eyes.
"You will not!" retorted Crazy Jane indignantly. "I'll stay down
first, and you know I will. But you're only joking and you know it."
"Hath Buthter broken her nothe?" questioned Tommy.
"I think not," replied Miss Elting. "Come, get started, Tommy.
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