With a vague idea that vigorous treatment was best for that feminine ailment , Jack was about to empty the contents of an ice-pitcher over her , when she arrested him , by exclaiming , incoherently , -- `` Oh , do n't ! -- it was so funny ! -- how can you laugh , you cruel boy ? -- I 'm disgraced , forever -- take me home to Pris , oh , take me home to Pris ! '' `` I will , my dear , I will ; but first let me right you up a bit ; you look as if you had been hazed , upon my life you do ; '' and Jack laughed in spite of himself at the wretched little object before him , for dust , dancing , and the downfall produced a ruinous spectacle . That broke Kitty 's heart ; and , spreading her hands before her face , she was about to cry again , when the sad sight which met her eyes dispelled the gathering tears . The new gloves were both split up the middle and very dirty with clutching at the steps as she went down . `` Never mind , you can wash them , '' said Jack , soothingly . `` I paid a dollar and a half for them , and they ca n't be washed , '' groaned Kitty . `` Oh , hang the gloves ! I meant your hands , '' cried Jack , trying to keep sober . `` No matter for my hands , I mourn my gloves . But I wo n't cry any more , for my head aches now so I can hardly see . '' And Kitty threw off her bonnet , as if even that airy trifle hurt her . Seeing how pale she looked , Jack tenderly suggested a rest on the old sofa , and a wet handkerchief on her hot forehead , while he got the good landlady to send her up a cup of tea . As Kitty rose to comply she glanced at her dress , and , clasping her hands , exclaimed , tragically , -- `` The facing , the fatal facing ! That made all the mischief , for if I 'd sewed it last night it would n't have ripped to-day ; if it had n't ripped Fletcher would n't have got his foot in it , I should n't have made an object of myself , he would n't have gone off in a rage , and -- who knows what might have happened ? '' `` Bless the what 's - its-name if it has settled him , '' cried Jack . `` He is a contemptible fellow not to stay and help you out of the scrape he got you into . Follow his lead and do n't trouble yourself about him . ''
`` Well , he was rather absurd to-day , I allow ; but he has got handsome eyes and hands , and he does dance like an angel , '' sighed XXXXX , as she pinned up the treacherous loop which had brought destruction to her little castle in the air .
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