` Hours , if you please . Never so happy as here . ' Quite unmoved by this tender remark , Nan put on a pair of large , round-eyed glasses , saying in a matter-of-fact tone : ` Now I see it . Only a splinter , and there it is . ` My hand is bleeding ; wo n't you bind it up ? ' asked Tom , wishing to prolong the situation . ` Nonsense ; suck it . Only take care of it tomorrow if you dissect . Do n't want any more blood-poisoning . ' ` That was the only time you were kind to me . Wish I 'd lost my arm . ' ' I wish you 'd lost your head ; it smells more like turpentine and kerosene than ever . Do take a run in the garden and air it . ' Fearing to betray themselves by laughter , the watchers went on , leaving the Knight to rush away in despair , and the Lady to bury her nose in the cup of a tall lily for refreshment . ` Poor Tom , his fate is a hard one , and he 's wasting his time ! Do advise him to quit philandering and go to work , Jo . ' ' I have , Teddy , often ; but it will take some great shock to make that boy wise . I wait with interest to see what it will be . Bless me ! what is all this ? '
She might well ask ; for on a rustic stool stood Ted trying to pose on one foot , with the other extended , and both hands waving in the XXXXX .
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