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And then, by good luck, I read in the newspaper that a stationary and a fancywork business, with a circulating library, was to be sold on moderate terms at Moleswich, the other side of London.
Queen-making is not a light task. It is no fancywork for idle hours. It is the first difficult draft of a chapter, perhaps a whole volume, of national history. No woman ever undertook a more important labor than did the widowed Duchess of Kent, or carried it out with more faithfulness, if we may judge by results.
"I am going there myself." "You!" roared Tom. "Hail Columbia, happy land! That's the best yet, Tubblets. We'll have dead loads of fun. Did you bring your pet poodle and your fancywork, and those beautiful red and yellow socks you used to wear?" "I hope you didn't forget that green and pink necktie you used to have," came from Sam, "and the blue handkerchief with the purple variegated border."
Sefton, and I laid it down at the end with a little shrug of contempt. "What utter nonsense!" I said. Mrs. Sefton nodded abstractedly above her fancywork. "That is. It is a very commonplace story indeed.
They went back into the cave together and I am to return within an hour." He explained the position of the cave. "It is above the little beach, revealed at low tide, where cowries are to be found," he said. "I took Madonna there on an occasion to gather the little shells for the fancywork the master makes." "Uncle Ben fashions all sorts of wonderful ornaments out of shells," explained Jenny.
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