United States or Japan ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
"Of course you are; every girl of your age is set on fire by a secret. I have a mind to keep you turning a little longer." "And pray, grandmamma," said Lucy, with an expressive twinkle in her eyes, "at what period of your prolonged life did you come to form such a just estimate of character in girls of my age?"
Captain Everard has what grandmamma calls a neat little property of his own from his mother, some where in Northumberland; for he IS only a third son, one of a class grannie does not in general feel very friendly to, I assure you, Mr Walton.
There never was a sweeter, kinder, or more lovely old darling in the world than you are! but then she is good, too, and so unhappy at times, it almost breaks my heart to look in her face." "And you think I have made her so?" "I think you might make her very happy, if you only would, grandmamma." "Would that make you happy, little one?"
Presty's object in taking the towel. He only said, "Go on." "Grandmamma dipped it into the water-jug," Kitty continued, with a grave face; "but she didn't wash herself. She went to one of mamma's boxes. Though she's so old, she's awfully strong, I can tell you. She rubbed off the luggage-label in no time.
"I'm sure I didn't speak, or say a word," said she, as she ran up to her grandmother to have the handkerchief put over her eyes. "Did I, grandmamma?" "There are more ways of speaking than one," said Lady Staveley. "You and Mr. Graham understand each other, I think." "Oh, I was caught quite fairly," said Marian "and now lead me round and round."
"But how did they spend their Sundays, grandmamma?" asked Emily. "They went to church in Reading," answered the old lady; "where they had a grand pew lined with crimson cloth. They never missed going twice; they came in their coach-and-four; they did not knot on Sundays, but I can hardly say what they did beside." Lucy fetched a deep breath again, and grandmamma went on.
The children were desired not to mention the arrival of these plants to grandmamma; and Mrs Rowland wrote by return of post I imagine to inform him for the first time of his mother's removal." Margaret thought these things were too bad to be true. "I should have said so, too, some time ago: and as I cannot too earnestly repeat, I may be wrong now.
"Grandmamma, remember, you promised me, you promised me," said Agnes, looking distressed, and speaking earnestly. "Well, well, child! but can't I ask a civil question, if I did? What is your objection to Antonio?" "Only that I don't want to be married." "Now you know, child," said Elsie, "I never will consent to your going to a convent.
Little Red Riding Hood, who always used to do as she was told, straight undressed herself, and stepped into bed; but she thought it strange to see how her grandmother looked in her nightclothes, so she said to her: "Dear me, grandmamma, what great arms you have got!" "They are so much the better to hug you, my child," replied the wolf.
Almost before we had quite taken in that it was really going to be, they were off everything packed up, a courier engaged rooms secured at the best hotel in the place they were going to for all these things can be done in no time when people have lots of money, grandmamma said and they were gone!
Word Of The Day