`` This is Mamma 's friend , Miss March . '' `` Yes , and she 's jolly and we like her lots , '' added Kitty , who is an ` enfant terrible ' . We both bowed , and then we laughed , for the prim introduction and the blunt addition were rather a comical contrast . `` Ah , yes , I hear these naughty ones go to vex you , Mees Marsch . If so again , call at me and I come , '' he said , with a threatening frown that delighted the little wretches . I promised I would , and he departed , but it seems as if I was doomed to see a good deal of him , for today as I passed his door on my way out , by accident I knocked against it with my umbrella . It flew open , and there he stood in his dressing gown , with a big blue sock on one hand and a darning needle in the other . He did n't seem at all ashamed of it , for when I explained and hurried on , he waved his hand , sock and all , saying in his loud , cheerful way ... `` You haf a fine day to make your walk . Bon voyage , Mademoiselle . '' I laughed all the way downstairs , but it was a little pathetic , also to think of the poor man having to mend his own clothes . The German gentlemen embroider , I know , but darning hose is another thing and not so pretty . Saturday Nothing has happened to write about , except a call on Miss Norton , who has a room full of pretty things , and who was very charming , for she showed me all her treasures , and asked me if I would sometimes go with her to lectures and concerts , as her escort , if I enjoyed them . She put it as a favor , but I 'm sure Mrs. Kirke has told her about us , and she does it out of kindness to me . I 'm as proud as Lucifer , but such favors from such people do n't burden me , and I accepted gratefully . When I got back to the nursery there was such an uproar in the parlor that I looked in , and there was Mr. Bhaer down on his hands and knees , with Tina on his back , Kitty leading him with a jump rope , and Minnie feeding two small boys with seedcakes , as they roared and ramped in cages built of chairs . `` We are playing nargerie , '' explained Kitty . `` Dis is mine effalunt ! '' added Tina , holding on by the Professor 's hair . `` Mamma always allows us to do what we like Saturday afternoon , when Franz and Emil come , does n't she , Mr. Bhaer ? '' said Minnie .
The ` XXXXX ' sat up , looking as much in earnest as any of them , and said soberly to me , `` I gif you my wort it is so , if we make too large a noise you shall say Hush !
Dis German Kirke Mademoiselle Minnie Norton Professor day effalunt seedcakes