Jackanapes. Daddy Darwin's dovecot. The story of a short life (1887)
Ewing, Juliana Horatia Gatty, 1841-1885, Eden, Horatia K. F. Gatty · Boston, Roberts Brothers · leaf 315
APTER IX. St. George ! a stirring life they lead,That have such neighbors near. Marmion. H, Jemi ma!Jemima! Iknow you arevery kind, andI do mean notto be impa-tient; buteither you retelling storiesor youretalking non-sense, andthats a fact.How can yousay that thatblue stuff isa beautifulmatch, and… … A BLUE DRESSING-GOWN. 89 dressing-gowns at all! You re as bad as that horridshopman who made me so angry. If I had not beenobliged to be good, I should have liked to hit himhard with my crutch, when he kept on saying heknew I should prefer a shawl-pattern lined with crim-son, if I would let him…
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