This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1884 Excerpt: ...in my grief?" asked Dogrose, pathetically. "Gaze on your lover, foolish fairy, and let that be our answer," said the Queen. Dogrose, startled by the tone of the Queen's voice, turned her eyes on the recumbent Andy. For a moment she was speechless; and then, raising her hands above her head, half running and half flying ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1884 Excerpt: ...in my grief?" asked Dogrose, pathetically. "Gaze on your lover, foolish fairy, and let that be our answer," said the Queen. Dogrose, startled by the tone of the Queen's voice, turned her eyes on the recumbent Andy. For a moment she was speechless; and then, raising her hands above her head, half running and half flying, she fled towards the inmost recesses of the island; filling the air with her dolorous shrieks. What Dogrose had seen was sufficient to make any love-stricken fairy shriek. Andy was just in the middle state, midway between being a fairy and a mortal--for the Queen had not quite finished changing A GRUESOME SIGHT. 75 him, when Dogrose had interfered. He was thus a gruesome sight. From the fairy size of six inches he had grown to be an ugly dwarf of about four feet high. His tiny wiugs had not yet left his shoulders, whilst his red beard and hair had reappeared in full shock luxuriance. One of his arms was still minute and fairlike, the other of full man's size. The sight of him must have effectually banished all love from the heart of Dogrose. The fairies were standing in a circle round the now incomplete Andy, and the proceedings were for the moment stopped. Suddenly the fairy M. C. rushed before the Queen. "Oh! your Majesty, quickly finish the change. There is not a moment to be lost. In three minutes the sun will rise, when it will be too late; and he will have to stop in his present awful condition for another day." Andy had been awakened by Dogrose's shrieks, but had said nothing for fear of breaking some spell or other--he had always read that spells and charms must be wrought in solemn silence. But on hearing the Master of the Ceremonies' statement, his consternation knew no bounds. "Oh wirra, wirra!" ...
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