'There's room enough for us all, Miss,' I
whispered, pushing farther down the seat, but here the gentleman
rapped his stick on the wood an' said so cross 'Hurry out, hurry out
there.'"
Here her voice broke into a sob which, however, she swallowed bravely,
and went on after a moment's pause "So I went then to another, a
little one with no cushings on it, 'cause I thought grand people
didn't own that, but I was only there a little while when a fat woman
came rollin' up to me an' catchin' me by the arm said, 'Here, I am not
payin' for this pew for other people to sit in, this is my pew.' I was
mad then, I knew she wasn't a lady, an' I made a face when I was
gettin' out, an' says I, 'Oh, dear' Missis Porpoise, who said it
wasn't your pew, you want a whole pew to yourself anyhow.' The aisles
was all wet, for 'twas a rainy mornin', an' I wasn't goin' to kneel
there with my green shawl on, so I made a bold stroke and darted into
another pew. This time 'twas alright: this was a kept one for
strangers, an' I had it all to myself. The music began, an' oh! it was
so nice! I was quite gettin' over all my temper when such a swell of a
lady came up the aisle with such a swell of a gentleman, an' landed in
beside me. They didn't turn me out, 'cause they'd no right to, but
they did worse. She looked at me an' turned such a mouth on her, then
gathered up her fine flounces as if I was goin' to eat 'em, an' looked
at the gentleman so complainin'-like.
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