Fifty-Two Stories For Girls
Fifty-Two Stories For Girls
Stories by Evelyn Everett-Green, Sarah Doudney, Armand Caumont, Alice F. Jackson, Nellie Holderness, Margaret Watson, Jennie Chappell, Marion Dicken, Lucy Hardy, Marie Delbrassine, Helen Bourchier, Nora Ryeman, Kate Godkin, Lucie E. Jackson, Maud Heighington, Dorothy Pinho, Gordon Stables, M.D., R.N., Robert Overton, Clucas Joughin, Albert E. Hooper, Charles E. Pearce, S. le Sotgille, H. G. Bell, Thomas Archer, Alfred G. Sayers, Robert Guillemard, F. B. Forester, Alfred H. Miles, and other writers.
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lay in hat, necklet, and shoes.
The hat was of burnt straw, broad brimmed, low crowned, and of the previous summer's fashion. It was simply trimmed with a garland or band of dull black silk, and large choux of the same, all of which might have been fresher; but in front was an antique brooch, or buckle, of pale pink coral and gold, which was at once beautiful and curiously inconsistent with the rest of the costume. Round Estella's throat was a lovely gold and coral necklace, and her small, worn shoes boasted coral and gold buckles. She had got a coral set from somewhere, where and how we all wondered.
Even Miss Melford was astonished and impressed by Estella's unwonted splendour, for touching the necklet, I overheard her say:
"Very pretty, my dear! Your grandfather, I presume, gave you the set? Very kind of him!"
Stella, with a flushed face, replied:
"He did not give it, ma'am," and the matter dropped.
Miss Melford and I presumed that Mr. Keed had simply lent his gra
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