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. 1903 Excerpt: ... his feet. Colonel Harcourt turned his brown face to measure the new-comer with his frank eye and then rose also.. "Hebe," said he, looking down with admiration at the fresh, sun-kissed cheek and the sun-illumined head, " Hebe, with the nectar of the gods!" He took the tray from her hand. "Give me my milk," said Lady ...
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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. 1903 Excerpt: ... his feet. Colonel Harcourt turned his brown face to measure the new-comer with his frank eye and then rose also.. "Hebe," said he, looking down with admiration at the fresh, sun-kissed cheek and the sun-illumined head, " Hebe, with the nectar of the gods!" He took the tray from her hand. "Give me my milk," said Lady Lochore. "Edmund, come here! Come here, darling. Are you thirsty? You shall drink out of mother's glass. Come here, sir, this minute! Really, Mrs. Marvel, you should not take him from his nurse like this!" With a shrill cry the child rushed back to Ellinor and clutched her skirt again, announcing in his wilful way that he would have no nasty milk, and that he loved the pretty lady. Ellinor had some little ado to restore him to his mother. Then, seeing him firmly captured at last by the end of his tartan sash, she stood a moment facing Lady Lochore's vindictive eyes with scornful placidity. "My father hopes you will drink the milk, Cousin Maud," said she, and if you will add to it the little packet of powder that lies beside it on the tray he bids me say that it would be most beneficial to your chest." For all response Lady Lochore drank off the glass; then handed back the tray to Ellinor as if she had been a servant, the little powder conspicuously untouched. Ellinor looked from one to the other of the two men; then with a fine careless gesture passed her burden to Herrick, and, without another word, walked away up the terrace steps. Herrick glanced after her, glanced at the tray in his hand, and breaking into a quick laugh, promptly thrust it into Colonel Harcourt's hands and scurried off in pursuit. Colonel Harcourt good-humouredly echoed the laugh, as he finally deposited the object on t...
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J. R. Skelton. Fair PB. Paper edition of The Star Dreamer around turn of the century. Edge wear, pieces of backstrap missing, dampstain toward edge. Of beginning pages.
