But next moment Charlie was punishing the pupil because she didn't "breeve." "Kady wanth her to breeve when her packithith."
As it was an ingrain misfortune of Dinah's that she could not breathe, she showed no signs of repentance.
"Stop!" said Dotty; "she looks faint; it is rheumatism, I think."
"O, O, roosum-tizzum! Poo' Dinah!" said Katie.
"We must pack her in a wet sheet," said Dotty.
Katie was sent to the kitchen for a towel and a basin of water; and very soon Dinah's clothes were removed, and she was rolled up in a pack; like the boy in the swamp, with "not a bit of her out but the end of her nose."
"Ow! Ow!" cried Katie, in a tone of agony, speaking for Dinah. "Ow! O, dear!"
This was what the black patient would have said, no doubt, if she had had her faculties. Aunt Maria came in, a little alarmed, to inquire what was the matter with Katie.
"Nuffin, mamma, only we suffer Dinah," replied the child, dancing round the patient; "her wants to ky, but her can't. Gets caught in her teef comin' out!"
"Very well," said Mrs. Clifford, kissing the small nurse, "you may 'suffer' Dinah as much as you like, but please don't scream quite so loud."