Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 284
n. Idontmindthat very flightychild; she neverhad a particleof stability, andshe has had no training, said Aunt Henrietta,with what in a less dignified person would havebeen a sniff. What work will you take up ?For of course it is ridiculous to talk of livingon two thousand a year; you must go to… … 214 THE WYNDHAM GIRLS. [Jan. decently. Your education is the thistle-downveneer girls get nowadays, said their aunt, dis-regarding the fact that she would have been nobetter armed to meet misfortune at their age. Veneer ! echoed Jessamy. I hope not,though I dont know what thistle-down veneeris. I…
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