[BOOK][B] The potential woman: A book for young ladies

JF Willing - 1886 - books.google.com
JF Willing
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TETE-A-TETE. My twenty thousand young men" from fifteen to twenty-five" have bowed
themselves out, the last one waving me a merry" Good-bye," which I love to turn back into its
native Saxon," God be with you." There is a little restful silence in my study. It has not had
time to become loneliness, however, for there is a rustle just outside the door. Young feet
touch the threshold, and my girls come trooping in, their bright faces aglow with gladness.
They settle down about me like a flock of doves, and look up with a mischievous shyness, as …
TETE-A-TETE. My twenty thousand young men" from fifteen to twenty-five" have bowed themselves out, the last one waving me a merry" Good-bye," which I love to turn back into its native Saxon," God be with you." There is a little restful silence in my study. It has not had time to become loneliness, however, for there is a rustle just outside the door. Young feet touch the threshold, and my girls come trooping in, their bright faces aglow with gladness. They settle down about me like a flock of doves, and look up with a mischievous shyness, as if they half expected a lecture on their shortcomings. Not a bit of it, girls! I am quite too glad to see you; and I 7
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