| 1 | Author: | Peattie, Elia Wilkinson, 1862-1935 | Requires cookie* | | Title: | Their Dear Little Ghost | | | Published: | 1998 | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | | | Description: | THE first time one looked at Elsbeth, one was not
prepossessed. She was thin and brown, her nose turned slightly
upward, her toes went in just a perceptible degree, and her hair was
perfectly straight. But when one looked longer, one perceived that
she was a charming little creature. The straight hair was as fine as
silk, and hung in funny little braids down her back; there was not a
flaw in her soft brown skin; and her mouth was tender and shapely.
But her particular charm lay in a look which she habitually had, of
seeming to know curious things — such as it is not allotted to
ordinary persons to know. One felt tempted to say to her: | | Similar Items: | Find |
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