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`` No , she did n't ; no such a thing ! You 're a master hand to pick up children and fetch 'em home here , and then crawl out of it by lying ! Besides , you 've got to knit . I must have those socks done by to-morrow noon , Mandy , or I 'll know the reason why . '' As Mrs. Rosenberg spoke , she pushed a waiter full of seeds under the stove as if she hated the very sight of them ; and when she stood up again , Dotty observed that her dirty calico dress did not come anywhere near the tops of her calf-skin shoes . `` But , mother , '' said Mandoline , with a winning smile , `` this is Dotty Dimple , the little girl that gave me the needle-book . '' This was partly true .