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a lot of money; and a big clock with a white
dial and red roses was bought in the city.
Then it was such fun surprising Oleana with
it! We bad an awfully jolly time. A message
was sent to her asking her to come to
Good-fields; and down she came with her hair wet
and smooth, and a clean stiff working-dress on,
but having no notion what we wanted of her.
The clock had been hung up in the hall at
Goodfields and its shining brass pendulum was
swinging with a slow and sure tick-tock. All
the ladies stood around and I was to present
the clock.
“ Oleana,” said I, “ we wanted to give you
a clock;—and that’s it.”
Oleana looked as if the sky had fallen.
“ Oh no, no, no! ” she cried. “ It isn’t
pos-sible—-of course not! Why should I have that
clock? ”
“ Because you have so many children,”
said I.
Just then the clock struck six clear strokes,
and Oleana began to cry.
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