` Get it ? Why , I have had it on all day , ' answered Eva , rather surprised . ` And what is funny , aunty , I had it on all night too . I forgot to take it off when I went to bed . ' Miss Ophelia looked perfectly astonished . She was more astonished still when , next minute , Rosa , who was one of the housemaids , came in with a basket of clean clothes , wearing her coral ear-rings as usual . I 'm sure I do n't know what to do with such a child , ' she said , in despair . ` What in the world made you tell me you took those things , Topsy ? ' ` Why , missis said I must ` fess . I could n't think of nothing else to ` fess , ' said Topsy , wiping her eyes . ` But of course , I did n't want you to confess things you did n't do , ' said Miss Ophelia . ` That is telling a lie just as much as the other . ' ` Laws , now , is it ? ' said Topsy , looking surprised and innocent . ` Poor Topsy , ' said Eva , ` why need you steal ? You are going to be taken good care of now . I am sure I would rather give you anything of mine than have you steal it . ' Topsy had never been spoken to so kindly and gently in all her life . For a minute she looked as if she were going to cry . The next she was grinning as usual in her ugly way .
What was to be done with XXXXX ?
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