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and bobbed as she walked, in a way

Peggy unconsciously imitated, to the

great entertainment of the lodgers. As
one may imagine, in such a house there

was plenty of work to be done. When

Mrs* Bagley was at work she always

scolded, which was n’t pleasant for the
family, but. like the noise of a machine,

had to be borne. Sometimes when she

left off work she forgot to leave off

scolding,
Mr. Bagley said he thought perhaps

it rested her, but it did n’t rest other

people, and he was going to put his foot

down and stop it. Peggy used to keep
her eye on Mr. Bagley’s feet, hoping

that some time he would suddenly do

as he threatened, and put one of them

down. There was so much of it that
she thought it ought to do some good,

but when he put them down it was ah