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"The horse awaits your good pleasure, and will only be less proud to bear you than I shall to ride before you." Jenny's silly little heart fluttered at the absurd compliment. "Farewell, Grandmother," she said, going up to the old lady. "Pray, your blessing." Old Mrs Lavender laid her trembling hand on the girl's head. "May God bless thee, my maid, and make thee a blessing!
It was all wonderful, all vast, all far removed, and she sank in spirit inwardly and fluttered feebly at the heart as she thought of entering any one of these mighty concerns and asking for something to do something that she could do anything. Once across the river and into the wholesale district, she glanced about her for some likely door at which to apply.
I never strove to prevent his admiration, nor hinder him from those comical gestures he used on such occasions; but when his astonishment was a little over, I make tokens to him to run and fetch the parrot that I had shot; which accordingly he did, staying some time longer than usual, by reason the bird not being quite dead, had fluttered some way further from the place where she fell.
Lali's heart fluttered a little at first, for the day had been trying, and she was not as strong as she could wish. Admirably as she had gone through the season, it had worn on her, and her constitution had become sensitive and delicate, while yet strong. The life had almost refined her too much. Always on the watch that she should do exactly as Marion or Mrs.
Just to show her little friends that she could use them as well as ever, she fluttered them about. They were so thin that you could see through them and they sparkled and shone in the sunshine like silver. "Can't you get up now?" asked Sammy Woodchuck. "I will try," replied the Tree-Fairy. She tried and tried all in vain. She could move, but she could not rise.
It was all wonderful, all vast, all far removed, and she sank in spirit inwardly and fluttered feebly at the heart as she though of entering any one of these mighty concerns and asking for something to do something that she could do anything. Once across the river and into the wholesale district she glanced about her for some likely door at which to apply.
'I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future! Scrooge repeated as he scrambled out of bed. 'The Spirits of all Three shall strive within me. O Jacob Marley! Heaven and the Christmas Time be praised for this! I say it on my knees, old Jacob; on my knees! He was so fluttered and so glowing with his good intentions, that his broken voice would scarcely answer to his call.
Happily, one of my windows commanded an uncovered corner of the balcony. I could see without going down if any scrap of paper lay there. It was not until evening that I caught sight of an envelope lying on one of the seats. I rang my bell and begged Draper to bring it to me at once. She thought it had fluttered out of my window, and went down smilingly to fulfil my behest.
Old Topnambo must have...." He glanced at his wife, and bit his tongue perhaps at the recollection of his unsafe conjugal position ending in disjointed words, "In his chaise warrant separationist rebel," and all this without moving a limb or a muscle of his face, till, with a low, throaty chuckle, he fluttered a stony sort of wink to my address.
They then seemed quite white, and it was as if a red sea threw up white foam. The butterflies remained for a short time in the air. Their fragile wings fluttered so violently that the down loosened and fell like thin silver white feathers. The air seemed to be filled with a glorified mist.
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