` Well , I will , ' and Patty sewed away , wondering at this sudden interest in her work , and why Aunt Pen laughed to herself as she put away the ammonia bottle . These are two of the naughty little things that got worked into the quilt ; but there were good ones also , and Aunt Pen 's sharp eyes saw them all . At the window of a house opposite , Patty often saw a little girl who sat there playing with an old doll or a torn book . She never seemed to run about or go out , and Patty often wondered if she was sick , she looked so thin and sober , and was so quiet . Patty began by making faces at her for fun , but the little girl only smiled back , and nodded so good-naturedly that Patty was ashamed of herself . ` Is that girl over there poor ? ' she asked suddenly as she watched her one day . ` Very poor : her mother takes in sewing , and the child is lame , ' answered Aunt Pen , without looking up from the letter she was writing . ` Her doll is nothing but an old shawl tied round with a string , and she do n't seem to have but one book . Wonder if she 'd like to have me come and play with her , ' said Patty to herself , as she stood her own big doll in the window , and nodded back at the girl , who bobbed up and down in her chair with delight at this agreeable prospect . ` You can go and see her some day if you like , ' said Aunt Pen , scribbling away . Patty said no more then , but later in the afternoon she remembered this permission , and resolved to try if aunty would find out her good doings as well as her bad ones . So , tucking Blanch Augusta Arabella Maud under one arm , her best picture-book under the other , and gathering a little nosegay of her own flowers , she slipped across the road , knocked , and marched boldly upstairs . Mrs. Brown , the sewing-woman , was out , and no one there but Lizzie in her chair at the window , looking lonely and forlorn . ` How do you do ? My name is Patty , and I live over there , and I 've come to play with you , ' said one child in a friendly tone . ` How do you do ? My name is Lizzie , and I 'm very glad to see you . What a lovely doll ! ' returned the other child gratefully ; and then the ceremony of introduction was over , and they began to play as if they had known each other for ever so long .
To poor Lizzie it seemed as if a little fairy had suddenly appeared to brighten the dismal room with flowers and smiles and pretty things ; while Patty felt her pity and good-will increase as she saw XXXXX 's crippled feet , and watched her thin face brighten and glow with interest and delight over book and doll and posy .
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