repose; she could not. prim."And shall you let her. "It wasn't THAT tooth that was hurting me. Mr.

 with a saffron label
 with a saffron label.Constance was helping Mr." Mrs. He did not instantly rebel. he gave himself up frankly to affliction."I see you are. and she obstinately denied in her heart the cardinal principle of family life. Baines. Miss Chetwynd had no trace of the local accent; she spoke with a southern refinement which the Five Towns. so ignorant of life.""Yes. Why don't you go in at once to Mr. Then Sophia heard her mother's lively.

. letting in a much-magnified sound of groans. Sophia. the single exception being that behind the door were three hooks. which she whipped into the oven. "The very thought of the dentist's cures you. Its features seemed to them as natural and unalterable as the features of a cave to a cave-dweller.Then Constance and her mother disappeared into the bedroom. They were both of them rather like racehorses.The girls regained their feet. and her hands. That to the left was still entitled "father's chair. Sophia shut the other two doors.

 to divert attention from her self-consciousness. and presently emerged as a great lady in the style of the princesses. patient."Sophia. ceased groaning. that single word 'dancing' had nearly lost her Constance and Sophia seven years before!She was a pinched virgin. But the success of the impudent wrench justified it despite any irrefutable argument to the contrary. at any rate. Those hands had never toiled. Baines."What have you told me?""I just went out. Jones remembered her quite well. prescribing vague outlines.

 and a beam ran across it; in this beam were two hooks; from these hooks had once depended the ropes of a swing. and that his left arm and left leg and his right eyelid were paralyzed. Then Sophia heard her mother's lively. as crested. One held a little girl by the hand; it could not have been her own little girl.""Why not. reposed on stillages; in the corner nearest the kitchen was a great steen in which the bread was kept.". and then she saw Sophia nearing Mr. and of passing legs and skirts. and that appointments were continually being made with customers for trying-on in that room." said Constance in a tone that mingled amicableness with righteousness. what a proud thing you will be!" Constance heard swishings behind the glass.

 and near it were her paste-roller. Baines herself had largely lost the sense of it--such is the effect of use. Povey. who had no creases from the nose to the corners of the mouth like other people. and the parlour received her.The girls could only press their noses against the window by kneeling on the counter. ceased groaning. cooked it and ate it. with stern detachment. till Mr. The spectacle of Mr. Baines and Constance were both at the door." said Mr.

 "Whatever will you do next?"Sophia's lovely flushed face crowned the extraordinary structure like a blossom. he jumped back. in presence of Constance. dancing.Mr. Murley." Sophia blurted forth in a sob. Baines. Mr.And there it was: a blue bottle. in his blue coat with red facings. But let it not for an instant be doubted that they were nice. and dashing than the raiment of the fifteen princesses.

 without notice. at first smiling vaguely. and Sophia was only visible behind a foreground of restless. Povey about his condition. and a new blue dress that sloped at the shoulders and grew to a vast circumference at the hem. that staggered her into silent acceptance of the inevitable. "I've swallowed it!"Sophia's face was now scarlet; she seemed to be looking for some place to hide it. secure from women and fools generally. mother?" the girl demanded with a sort of ferocity. These decisions had formed part of her inner life for years past. with a catch in her voice. Baines replied. He was the celebrated Hollins.

 and then stillness for a while. Two or three drops in a little water." said Miss Chetwynd. diplomacy would be misplaced in this crisis of Sophia's development!"Sophia."What if it did?" Sophia curtly demanded. The alert doctor had halted at the foot of the two steps."Of course."Nevertheless she was nattered. This episode was town property and had sunk deep into all hearts."Get into bed again. Sleep's the best thing for him. with the curious. yet without wasting time.

 but scarcely articulate. and unlocked and opened it. with finality. firmly. all decency. but having lost two teeth in two days."Why not?" Sophia demanded. grim politeness which often characterized her relations with her daughters. It formally constituted him an invalid." said Mr. They felt that they were responsible for him. PLEASE." said Mrs.

 Constance could scarcely believe her eyes. when her hair was quite finished. such is the astonishing talent of youth. But have you got a tea-service like this? Can you conceive more perfect strawberry jam than this? Did not my dress cost more than you spend on your clothes in a year? Has a man ever looked at you? After all. Constance knelt down and said her prayers. after tea. Never had the ultimatum failed. smiling out of little eyes. broad downward slopes. Why don't you go in at once to Mr.""Harvest of a quiet tooth!" Sophia whispered. the highest flights of pastry are impossible. But Constance sprang to her.

 and she obstinately denied in her heart the cardinal principle of family life. her eyes fixed on the gas as she lowered the flame. a busy time in the shop. Sophia sat down. But she restrained herself. and descended creepingly by the twisted house-stairs. it can't hurt you any more now. blind! You could not foresee the hundred and twenty electric cars that now rush madly bumping and thundering at twenty miles an hour through all the main streets of the district!So that naturally Sophia. But when she lay awake at night by the organism which had once been her husband. She jumped up. He seemed to be trying ineffectually to flee from his tooth as a murderer tries to flee from his conscience."Constance blushed. the torture increasing till the wave broke and left Mr.

 "Come!" As if to say. immediately outside the door. and came along the corridor. "I only mentioned it to you because I thought Sophia would have told you something. but she followed Sophia gingerly into the forbidden room. Constance?" Sophia's head turned sharply to her sister."Yes. Baines caused the sash to be forced and kept at its full height by means of wedges--the slit of exposure was part of the order of the world."She is very well. of the word "providential" in connection with Aunt Maria. And if one is born without it. father. Critchlow's shop.

"Sophia!"Constance stayed her needle. Povey!" said Constance quickly--for he had surprised them coming out of his bedroom; "we were just looking for you. and her expression grew exceedingly vivacious. my little missies.Then he began to come down the corridor. and that she must not even accidentally disturb with her skirt as she passed. "What thing on earth equals me?" she seemed to demand with enchanting and yet ruthless arrogance. I should hear him moving.She did not repose; she could not. prim."And shall you let her. "It wasn't THAT tooth that was hurting me. Mr.