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Alice looked up at him with grave respect. "Tush!" said Maltravers; "perhaps the smoke is unpleasant to you. It is a bad habit of mine." "No, sir," answered Alice; and she seemed disappointed. Maltravers paused, and picked up a snowdrop. "It is pretty," he said; "do you love flowers?" "Oh, dearly," answered Alice, with some enthusiasm; "I never saw many till I came here."
"Is it Kay whom you mean?" asked little Gerda. "I'm only speaking of a story my dream," replied the Convolvulus. What said the little Snowdrop? "Between the trees a long board hangs by ropes; that is a swing. Two pretty little girls, with clothes white as snow and long green silk ribbons on their hats, are sitting upon it, swinging.
From that day Dale began to care more for the hound, but he did not want to keep him, for various reasons, chief of which was the fact that Pedro was too fine a dog to be left alone half the time to shift for himself. That fall Dale had need to go to the farthest village, Snowdrop, where he left Pedro with a friend.
The plays of Ostróvsky are of varied character, including dramatic chronicles based on early Russian history, and a fairy drama, "Little Snowdrop." His real strength lay, however, in the drama of manners, giving realistic pictures of Russian life among the Russian city classes and the minor nobility.
She journeyed to the dwarfs' home and induced Snowdrop to let her comb her hair. The minute she put the poisoned comb in her hair Snowdrop fell down as though dead. When the seven dwarfs came home they found their poor Snowdrop on the floor, and suspecting the bad Queen began to look for the cause, soon finding the comb. No sooner had they removed it than Snowdrop came to life again.
When they came to the tree, there was the little sprite, with his wrists and ankles bound, lying upon the moss. His eyes were closed, and his body was white as a snowdrop. They knelt down, one on each side of him, and untied the cord. To their surprise his hands felt warm. "I believe he is not quite dead," said the lady. "Shall we try to bring him to life?" asked the man.
My debts must be paid with my money, which you shall have at once, in cash, since a cheque would hardly do. Come to the house for it this evening. But no, no you must not come openly; such is the world. Come to the window the window that is exactly in a line with the long snowdrop bed, in the south front at eight to-night, and I will give you what is necessary.
Then the snowdrop sang a lullaby about the moss that loved the violet. And Barbara said, "I am going to sleep; will you wake me when the prince comes through the forest?" And they said they would. So Barbara fell asleep. "The bells in the city are ringing merrily," said the fir, "and the music in the cathedral is louder and more beautiful than before.
It is a handsome shrub, of free growth, in light, sandy loam, and quite hardy even when fully exposed. H. PARVIFLORA has smaller flowers than those of our commonly-cultivated plant. H. TETRAPTERA. Snowdrop Tree. North America, 1756. This is a very ornamental tall-growing shrub, of somewhat loose growth, and bearing flowers which resemble, both in size and appearance, those of our common Snowdrop.
It was not conceivable what he could do, except annoy her, until she arrived at Pine. Her uncle was to meet her or send for her at Snowdrop, which place, Helen knew, was distant a good long ride by stage from Magdalena. This stage-ride was the climax and the dread of all the long journey, in Helen's considerations. "Oh, Nell!" cried Bo, with delight. "We're nearly there!
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