This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1874 edition. Excerpt: ...not be nursed before the children had their milk-and-water poured out. "Be good, Dora, and nurse will take you soon," said Margaret. "Yak! yah! shan't," cried Molochia, trying to catch at her sister's hair, which Margaret prevented by darting back, and Molochia's hand descended on her mug; which fell ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1874 edition. Excerpt: ...not be nursed before the children had their milk-and-water poured out. "Be good, Dora, and nurse will take you soon," said Margaret. "Yak! yah! shan't," cried Molochia, trying to catch at her sister's hair, which Margaret prevented by darting back, and Molochia's hand descended on her mug; which fell into her lap, the hot milk running over her legs. Nurse caught up her pet, kicking and screaming, and kissed her and gave her cake till she left off crying; and then, the children having finished their breakfast, Miss Dora, feeling very sick, was hurried into the garden. She was no sooner out than she commanded the nurse to take her to the gooseberry bushes; she had already been allowed to make herself ill, and had not recovered, for, poor little dear, she cried to go into the kitchen garden, and nothing would pacify her. "Nurse, I want to go down there," she said. "Look at this pretty flower," said nurse, pretending not to hear. Molochia frowned, shook her shoulders, and clutched nurse's hair. "Ugly flower! Me want to go down there." Nurse turned her back to the cherry-tree, and pointing to a rose, said, "Dora, smell the pretty flower." Molochia bent forward, seized the rose, tore it off its stem, and opening her hand, dropped the crushed roseleaves on to the ground. "There," she said. "Yes, see what you have done," said nurse. "Me don't care," replied Molochia. "It's very naughty for little girls to destroy pretty flowers." Molochia turned sharply, and pulling off her nurse's net with one hand, she commenced to smack her face with the other, a proceeding which nurse stopped by turning her head and putting up her hand. Molochia found it hurt...
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