Miller, Olive Beaupré, ed, Wyeth, N. C. (Newell Convers), 1882-1945, illustrator · Chicago : The Bookhouse for children · leaf 307
thesemad freaks and felt no sensation of wonder. He only, as heheard the violin and the spinnet playing, felt an irresistible desireto dance too. No doubt his face said what he wished; for a lovelylittle lady, all in pink and gold and white, with powdered hair,and high-heeled shoes, and all made of… … Then he ventured to say to her: Madame, my princess,could you tell me kindly why some of the figures dance and speak,and some lie up in a comer hke lumber? Is it rude to ask? My dear child, said the powdered lady, is it possible thatyou do not know the reason? Why, those silent, dull things…
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