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Chapter Twenty Three.
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In which is Recorded a Visit to an Infant-School; a Warning to a Thankless Old Gentleman; also a Storm, and a Sudden as well as Surprising End of a Mine, besides Dark Designs.
Oliver Trembath’s plan of “asking again” had to be put in practice sooner than had been anticipated, for the back alleys1 and lanes of Newlyn were a little perplexing to a stranger.
“Let us inquire here,” said Tregarthen, seeing the half-open door of a very small cottage, with part of a woman’s back visible in the interior.
“By all means,” said Oliver, pushing open the door and stooping low as he entered.
The visitors were instantly transfixed by thirty pair of eyes—all of them bright blue, or bright black—few of them elevated much more than two feet from the ground, and not one of them dimmed by the smallest approach to a wink3. Nay4, on the contrary, they all opened so wide when the strangers entered that it seemed as if either winking5 or shutting were in future out of the question, and that to sleep with eyes wide open was the sad prospect6 of the owners thereof in all time coming.
“An infant-school,” murmured Tregarthen.
The very smallest boy in the school—an infant with legs about five inches long, who sat on a stool not more than three inches high—appeared to understand what he said, and to regard it as a personal insult, for he at once began to cry. A little girl with bright red hair, a lovely complexion7, and a body so small as to be scarce worth mentioning, immediately embraced the small boy, whereupon he dried his eyes without delay.
“You have a nice little school here,” said Oliver.
“Iss, sur; we do feel proud of it,” said the good-looking motherly dame9 in charge, with a little twitch
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villain
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rogue
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lizard
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