Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 238
nt Jane gave me.Though she spoke out about it afterward inthe meeting—dear soul! — as an infirmity oftemper. We built a great fire in the best bed- When I heard the hoof-beats coming downthe road, I grew suddenly shy and climbed intothe great blue chest and nestled clown into thethick comforters to… … THE ARRIVAL OF WILLIAM PENN AND HIS DAUGHTER LETTY. room, and I aired the linen for mother, allsweet with lemon-verbena and lavender spears. Thee shall take Letty to sleep in thy bed,said mother. And straightway, as I stood beforethe fire with a fat goose-feather pillow in mymouth, tugging on the…
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