and they passed on to their work in the other rooms.Mrs Kirkpatrick opened the door, and stood aghast at the sight of Molly.'Why, I quite forgot you!' she said at length.'Nay, don't cry; you'll make yourself not fit to be seen.Of course I must take the consequences of your over-sleeping yourself, and if I can't manage to get you back to Hollingford to-night, you shall sleep with me, and we'll do our best to send you home to-morrow morning.' 'But papa!' sobbed out Molly.'He always wants me to make tea for him;and I have no night-things.' 'Well, don't go and make a piece of work about what can't be helped now.
I'll lend you night-things, and your papa must do without your making tea for him to-night.And another time don't over-sleep yourself in a strange house; you may not always find yourself among such hospitable people as they are here.Why now, if you don't cry and make a figure of yourself, I'll ask if you may come in to dessert with Master Smythe and the little ladies.You shall go into the nursery, and have some tea with them; and then you must come back here and brush your hair and make yourself tidy.