And Bunty used to bring in the white mice and the blind French
guinea-pig, and let them run loose over the counterpane, and Pip did
most of his carpentering on a little table near, so she could see
each fresh stage and suggest improvements as he went along.
Meg, who had almost severed her connection with Aldith, devoted
herself to her sister, and waited on her hand and foot; she made her
all kinds of little presents--a boot-bag, with compartments; a
brush-and-comb bag, with the monogram "J.W.," worked in pink silk;
a little work-basket, with needle-book, pin-cushion, and all complete.
Judy feared she should be compelled to betake herself to tidy habits
on her recovery.
Her pleasure in the little gifts started a spirit of competition
among the others.
For one whole day Pip was invisible, but in the evening he turned up,
and walked to the bedside with a proud face. He had constructed a
little set of drawers, three of which actually opened under skilful
coaxing.
"It's not for doll-clothes," he said, after she had exhausted all the
expressions of gratitude in common use, "because I know you hate
them, but you can keep all your little things in them, you see--hair
strings, and thimbles, and things.
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