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DICK MAKES HIMSELF USEFUL.
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'"Nobody." How very dull it is when people are so friendly! Come here, Mr. Dewy. Now do you think you could lift the lid of that box with your elbow, and then, with something or other, take out a towel you will find under the clean clothes. Be sure don't touch any of them with your wet hands, for the things at the top are all Starched and Ironed.'

Dick managed, by the aid of a knife and fork, to extract a towel from under a muslin dress without wetting the latter; and for a moment he ventured to assume a tone of criticism.

'I fear for that dress,' he said, as they wiped their hands together.

'What?' said Miss Day, looking into the box at the dress alluded to. 'O, I know what you mean—that the vicar will never let me wear muslin?'

'Yes.'

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