Little Tora, the Swedish Schoolmistress and Other Stories

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Author: Mrs. Woods Baker ISBN: 9781465537072
Publisher: Library of Alexandria Publication: March 8, 2015
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Mrs. Woods Baker
ISBN: 9781465537072
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
Publication: March 8, 2015
Imprint:
Language: English

LITTLE TORA. The kindly doctor was entertaining his brother-in-law, and all the family were sitting round the table in state. The polished silver and shining glass, with porcelain, flowers, and fruit, seemed to be all that had been provided for the dinner. The usual “grace” had hardly been said, when a trim maid announced that a little girl was at the door, who must see the doctor about something particular. “There is nobody sick more than usual,” she says; “but she must come in,” continued the irritated damsel-in-waiting. “Let her come in here. You can never have your meals in peace!” said the doctor’s wife affectionately. The soup and the little girl came in together, the latterly evidently quite prepared to state her errand. She was a small, straight child, with a determined air and a cheery face, as if sure of success in her undertaking. Fresh in Monday cleanliness, her white cotton head-kerchief stood stiffly out in a point behind, and her calico apron was without spot or wrinkle. Her shoes, though they had been diligently blackened and were under high polish, did not correspond with the rest of her appearance. They had evidently been made for a boy, an individual much larger than their present wearer. Great wrinkles crossing each Other shut off some low, unoccupied land near the toe, and showed how much of the sole had been too proud to touch the common ground. All this the observers saw at once

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LITTLE TORA. The kindly doctor was entertaining his brother-in-law, and all the family were sitting round the table in state. The polished silver and shining glass, with porcelain, flowers, and fruit, seemed to be all that had been provided for the dinner. The usual “grace” had hardly been said, when a trim maid announced that a little girl was at the door, who must see the doctor about something particular. “There is nobody sick more than usual,” she says; “but she must come in,” continued the irritated damsel-in-waiting. “Let her come in here. You can never have your meals in peace!” said the doctor’s wife affectionately. The soup and the little girl came in together, the latterly evidently quite prepared to state her errand. She was a small, straight child, with a determined air and a cheery face, as if sure of success in her undertaking. Fresh in Monday cleanliness, her white cotton head-kerchief stood stiffly out in a point behind, and her calico apron was without spot or wrinkle. Her shoes, though they had been diligently blackened and were under high polish, did not correspond with the rest of her appearance. They had evidently been made for a boy, an individual much larger than their present wearer. Great wrinkles crossing each Other shut off some low, unoccupied land near the toe, and showed how much of the sole had been too proud to touch the common ground. All this the observers saw at once

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