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We dined once for experiment at the Café de Paris, a very clean and dainty-looking restaurant, quite incongruous with its surroundings. This was frequented by some of the French "counts," German "barons," and persons "representing capital in the East," for all sorts and conditions were to be met at this motley Nome. Really, our general apparel was quite out of place.
She was so delicate and dainty-looking, so different from the hale, buxom, brown girls of the woods; and then her white dress! it was perfectly dazzling! Never was poor youth more taken by surprise, and suddenly bewitched. My heart yearned to know her; but how was I to accost her? I had grown wild in the woods, and had none of the habitudes of polite life.
She would kneel and take the staring youngster by its dirty hand so perfectly unconscious of its dirtiness, which seemed very wonderful in one so dainty-looking and start a little independent child's gossip with it, away from Mrs. Churton and the elders of the cottage.
You must permit me to repair my fault." And with a courteous salute he left the room, to return almost immediately with a tumbler full of some fragrant, golden-coloured liquid, in which lumps of ice glittered refreshingly. A few loose rose-leaves were scattered on the top of this dainty-looking beverage. "You may enjoy this without fear," said he, smiling; "it will do you good.
"Frank Charnock has done a good deal of hard work, and is not to lead the life of an idle man," said Captain Duncombe. "I know I should not like to be in his shoes if he succeeds grinding away in an office ten months out of the twelve." "In an office! I should like to set him to work with an axe!" "Well, those dainty-looking curled darlings don't do badly in the backwoods," said Lady Tyrrell.
Ridley would rather have seen them more of the North Country yeoman type than of the regular weather-beaten men-at-arms whom wars always bred up; but their officer was a slender, dainty-looking, pale young squire, with his arm in a sling, named Pierce Hardcastle, selected apparently because his wound rendered rest desirable.
Scores of little tadpoles came hopping up the sides of the boat, each dozen or so of them carrying among them large water-lily leaves, on each of which curious and dainty-looking little cakes and bonbons were arranged. The first that was presented to Jeanne contained neat little biscuits about the size of a half-crown piece, of a tempting rich brown colour. "Flag-flour cakes," said the frog.
"More presents, I suppose," the young lady murmured languidly. "Now I do hope people have not sent me any more jewellery. I wear so little, and I " Have so much, she was going to say, but checked herself on the verge of a remark that savoured of vulgar arrogance. She went on with the tea-making, uncurious as to the inside of those dainty-looking parcels.
Bessie wondered what her mother would have thought of the delicate Worcester china that was placed on a low table beside Mrs. Sefton, while a second table was quickly covered with bread and butter and dainty-looking cakes. Edna had thrown off her hat, and had coaxed Bessie to do the same; then she proceeded to wait on her guest.
She had always worn shoes and stockings as a child, and had been as dainty-looking as a doll; but her little bread-basket had been as empty as a barn before harvest. She had been as thin as a church mouse in those days. The schoolmaster saw Mrs. Tiralla give her husband a second look, but there was more than disdain in her look this time something else gleamed in the depths of those dark eyes.
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