This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1884 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XVI. Daffodil went to bed in her prison that melancholy night, because there was nothing else to do and she thought it would be wise to try to keep herself strong and fresh for whatever events she might have to meet next day, but, as may easily be understood, excitement and apprehension kept ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1884 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XVI. Daffodil went to bed in her prison that melancholy night, because there was nothing else to do and she thought it would be wise to try to keep herself strong and fresh for whatever events she might have to meet next day, but, as may easily be understood, excitement and apprehension kept her long waking and made her slumbers broken and feverish. At length, however, she slept long enough to have a quiet dream and, for the first time since she had been in Croaxaxica, she dreamt of her former home. She seemed to be swimming pleasantly in the river with the black dog and the white cat, who were telling her anecdotes of their infancy and contradicting each other's stories. Presently the river, of its own accord, altered its course and took them to the door of her parent's house, where Keziah was sitting on the doorstep, shelling peas, in company with a girl in a dress of fish's scales shining with rainbow colours in the sun, whom she introduced to Daffodil as one of the river-people young ladies come to spend the day. Then she seemed to have gone upstairs and to be showing her father and mother a lovely green and lilac caterpillar and asking them how long it would take to turn into a butterfly, and her father was nodding his head and saying "It will depend on yourself." A plashing in the water awoke her just then--it was the guard at the door of her apartment being relieved, and she knew the day was beginning. But she felt pleased at having remembered in her sleep, and she was soothed: she lay still and tried to begin the dream again, and, though she did not succeed in that, she had a good refreshing sleep. It was long past her usual hour of rising when she awoke again, but her sleep had done her so much good that it was not lost...
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