fairy-grandmother

Updated: July 28, 2025

I think it would offend my dear old fairy-grandmother if I took them, and I know you will approve what I am doing." Closs read the letter with a smile of pleasure; but when he took up the bonds again, his face clouded. "Can I never wash my hands of that poor lady's money," he said. "Do what I can, it will come back to me."

Ann S. (Ann Sophia) Stephens - The Old Countess; or, The Two Proposals