CHAPTER XI 

TWO GIRLS AND A CALF 

Having gone to the kitchen to fill the bottle with milk, which she had set to warm, Miriam accompanied her guest to the barn. As she walked by the side of Dora, with the bottle in one hand and the other holding up her voluminous silk robe, it was well for her peace of mind that no stately coachman sat upon a box and looked at her. 

In a corner of the lower floor of the barn they found the calf, lying upon a bed of hay, and covered by a large piece of mosquito netting, which Miriam had fastened above and around him. Dora laughed as she saw this. 

"It isn't every calf," she said, "that sleeps so luxuriously." 

"The flies worried the poor thing dreadfully," said Miriam, "but I take it off when I feed it." 

She proceeded to remove the netting, but she had scarcely done so, when she gave an exclamation that was almost a scream. 

"Oh, dear, oh, dear!" she cried; "I believe it is dead," and down she sat upon the floor close to the calf, which lay motionless, with its head and neck extended. Down also sat Dora. She did not need to consider the hay-strewn floor and her clothes; for although she wore a very tasteful and becoming costume, it was one she had selected with reference to barn explorations, field strolls, and anything rural and dusty which any one else might be doing, or might propose. No one could tell what dusty and delightful occupation might turn up during an afternoon at Cobhurst. 
Does every calf sleep luxuriously?
Who went to the kitchen?
Why did she go?
With what?
Was it warm or cold?
Who's side was she by?
What was she holding in one hand?
And in the other hand?
What was the calf doing?
On what?
What was covering it?
Was it large or small?
Why was the netting used?
Does the netting ever get taken off?
For what?
Was the calf dead?
What body parts were extended?
Who also sat down?
What was she wearing?
no
"It isn't every calf," she said, "that sleeps so luxuriously."
Miriam
Having gone to the kitchen to fill the bottle with milk, which she had set to warm, Miriam
to fill the bottle
Having gone to the kitchen to fill the bottle with milk, which she had set to warm, Miriam
milk
Having gone to the kitchen to fill the bottle with milk
she warmed it
Having gone to the kitchen to fill the bottle with milk, which she had set to warm
Dora
Miriam accompanied her guest to the barn. As she walked by the side of Dora
the bottle
with the bottle in one hand
her robe
and the other holding up her voluminous silk robe
lying down
 they found the calf, lying upon a bed of hay
a bed of hay
 lying upon a bed of hay
mosquito netting
 and covered by a large piece of mosquito netting
large
and covered by a large piece of mosquito netting
The flies worried it
The flies worried the poor thing dreadfully,"
yes
"but I take it off when I feed it." 
when it is fed
"The flies worried the poor thing dreadfully," said Miriam, "but I take it off when I feed it." 
yes
"Oh, dear, oh, dear!" she cried; "I believe it is dead," 
its head and neck
 with its head and neck extended.
Dora
Down also sat Dora
a very tasteful and becoming costume
for although she wore a very tasteful and becoming costume