Fireside fairies : or, Christmas at Aunt Elsie's (1852)
Pindar, Susan, ca. 1820-1892 · New York : D. Appleton · leaf 118
red plentifully before them, flew off tothe neighboring trees and sang a sweet chorus ofthanks. Florette lived quite alone with her aged grand-mother, and was the old ladys sole nurse and com-panion. Never was there a more faithful and patientattendant; always cheerful, willing, and happiest… … FIRESIDE FAIRIES. 109 softly SO as not to disturb her grandmother who wasfast asleep, and after carefully drawing the musliucurtain, and closing the shutters, to shade the lightfrom the sleepers eyes, tripped lightly down stairsand out into the garden, to gather a fresh bouquet offragrant flowers…
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