CHAPTER XIII
A TERRIBLE LADY AT HOME
She came into the room in the manner of one who was about to say, "Fellow-citizens!" But she said nothing just at first. She took a few steps further, walking as if she expected to have a badge pinned on her, or to receive a prize. She had a double chin; and when she began to speak, which she did a moment later, it developed that she had a deep baritone voice.
Her first words were: "Away with you!"
They were for the little black dog, who had rushed toward her with swaying tail.
Then she saw her son and Everychild. She sniffed as if there were a fire somewhere as she said to her son, "And who is this, pray?"
