silent chuckle it looks as if it ought to be mr under the word and groaned again my kitchen is on this floor he said you ll find brown paper in a drawer there and a bottle of on a shelf would you have the kindness to make a few and put em on it can t be kept too quiet one hum � five six you ll want six said the there s smart enough mr groaning and again for sixty friend miss repaired to the kitchen in hand found the brown paper and found the and cut out and six large when they were all lying ready on the an idea occurred to her as she was about to gather them up a i think said miss with a silent laugh he ought to have a little just a few i think the young man s tricks and manners make a claim upon his friends for a little mr s evil star showing her the box on the she climbed upon a chair and got it down and sprinkled all the with a judicious hand she then went back to mr and stuck them all on him mr uttering a sharp howl as each was put in its place there young man said the now i hope you feel pretty comfortable apparently mr did not for he cried by way of answer h how i do smart miss got his gown upon him extinguished his eyes with his cap and helped him to his bed upon which he climbed groaning business between you and me being out of the question to day young man and my time being precious said miss then make myself scarce are you comfortable now oh my eye cried mr no i ain t h� h how i do smart the last thing miss saw as she looked back before closing the room door was mr in the act of plunging and all over his bed like a or in its native element she then shut the bedroom door and all the other doors and going down stairs and emerging from the into the busy streets took for saint mary axe pressing on the road all the gaily dressed ladies whom she could see from the window and making them unconscious lay figures for while she mentally cut them out and them chapter ix two places down by the at the corner of saint mary axe and trusting to her feet and her stick within its the proceeded to the place of business of and go all there was sunny and quiet and shady and quiet hiding herself in the entry outside the glass door she could see from that post of observation the old man in his spectacles sitting writing at his desk i cried the in her head at the mr wolf at home the old man took his glasses off and mildly laid them down beside him ah is it you i thought you had given me up and so i had given up the treacherous wolf of the forest re � mutual plied but it strikes me you have come back not quite sure because the wolf and you change forms i want to ask you a question or two to find out whether you are really or really wolf may i yes yes but glanced towards the as if he thought his principal might appear there k you re afraid of the fox said miss you may all present expectations of seeing that animal me won t show himself abroad for many a day what do you mean my child t u mean replied miss sitting down beside the jew that the fox has caught a famous and that if his skin and bones are not aching and at this present instant no fox did ever ache and smart mis related what had come to pass in the the few of now she went on i particularly wish to ask yon what has taken place here since i left the wolf here because i have an idea about the size of a marble rolling about in my little first and foremost are you and ox or are yon either upon your solemn word and honour the old man shook his head secondly isn t both and co t the old man answered with a reluctant nod my idea exclaimed miss is now about the size of an orange but before it gets any bigger welcome back dear the little creature folded her arms about the old man s neck with great earnestness and kissed him i humbly beg your forgiveness i am truly sorry i ought to have had more faith in you but what could i suppose when you said nothing for yourself you know i don t mean to offer that as a justification but what could i suppose when you were a silent party to all he said it did look bad now didn t it it looked so bad responded the old man with gravity that i will straightway tell you what an impression it wrought upon me i was hateful in mine own eyes i was hateful to myself in being so hateful to the and to you but more than that and worse than that and to pass out far and broad beyond myself � i reflected that evening sitting alone in my garden on the that i was doing to my ancient faith and race i clearly reflected for the first time � that in bending my neck to the yoke i was willing to wear i bent the unwilling necks of the whole people for it is not in christian countries with the jews as with other men say this is a bad greek but there are good this is a bad but there are good not so with the jews men find the bad among us easily among what are 