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How it came here, heaven knows," he said. "It is certainly the most remarkable discovery." The Commissioner went to a cupboard, unlocked it and took out a suit-case, which he placed upon the table and opened. "Now," said the Commissioner, "look at this, Tarling." "This" was a stained garment, which Tarling had no difficulty in recognising as a night-dress. He took it out and examined it.
This poor beast had inflammation of the stomach, and, according to the directions of the traveler who brought her, was placed in bed and a night-dress put on her. She took great care to keep the covering up to her chin, though unwilling to have anything on her head; and held her arms out of the bed, her hands hidden in the sleeves of the night-dress.
"Give me that," said her mother's voice. Ruth recoiled; Mrs. Levice stood before her unusually quiet in her white night-dress; with a strong hand she endeavored to relax Ruth's fingers from the paper. "But, Mamma, it was addressed to me" "It was a mistake, then; I know it was meant for me. Let go instantly, or I shall tear the paper. Obey me, Ruth." Her voice sounded harsh as a man's.
"His friend," she said, and her chin shook; "your father's son!" she said brokenly. "Mamma!" Nannie protested she was sitting up in bed, her hair in its two braids falling over her white night-dress, her eyes, so girlish, so frightened, fixed on that quivering iron face; "Mamma! remember, he was in love with Elizabeth long ago, before David ever thought " "In love with Elizabeth?
He was hairless from top to toe and resembled a man about as much as a goat with a night-dress on resembles a young lady, but prompted by his desires he wandered in the evenings through the streets of Constance, careless of his life, and, at the risk of having his body halberded by the soldiers, he peeped at the cardinals entering the houses of their sweethearts.
The other withdrew her eyes; Cytherea went to fetch the dressing-gown, and wheeled round again to bring it up to Miss Aldclyffe, who had now partly removed her night-dress to put it on the proper way, and still sat with her back towards Cytherea.
Chloe softly opened the door, and the little girl started up, asking in an eager whisper, "Did he say I might come, mammy?" "Yes, darlin'," said Chloe, lifting her in her arms and setting her down on the floor. And then the little fairy-like figure in its white night-dress stole softly out into the hall, and ran with swift, noiseless steps across it, and into the open door of Mr. Dinsmore's room.
And again, when of moonlight nights, on waking, I beheld her figure, white and conspicuous in its night-dress, kneeling upright in bed, and praying like some Catholic or Methodist enthusiast some precocious fanatic or untimely saint I scarcely know what thoughts I had; but they ran risk of being hardly more rational and healthy than that child's mind must have been.
Straight to Gracie, huddled on the floor in her night-dress, she went, and lifted the child bodily to her bed. Gracie clung to her, sobbing passionately. Mr. Lorimer lingered in the doorway. "Will you go, please?" said Avery, tight-lipped and rigid, the child clasped to her throbbing heart. It was a definite command, spoken in a tone that almost compelled compliance, and Mr.
Then she asked him where he had got the sword, for that truly her father's name was on it. He asked her if she were the King's daughter. "Yes," answered she. "With this sword," said he, "did I cut off the heads of three giants." And he took their tongues out of his knapsack in proof. Then he also showed her the slipper, and the corner of the neck-kerchief, and the bit of the night-dress.
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