ELSIE DINSMORE Complete Series: 28 Books in One Edition. Martha FinleyЧитать онлайн книгу.

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      "I never saw an eye so bright,

       And yet so soft as hers;

       It sometimes swam in liquid light,

       And sometimes swam in tears;

       It seemed a beauty set apart

       For softness and for sighs."

       —MRS. WELBY.

      The school-room at Roselands was a very pleasant apartment; the ceiling, it is true, was somewhat lower than in the more modern portion of the building, for the wing in which it was situated dated back to the old-fashioned days prior to the Revolution, while the larger part of the mansion had not stood more than twenty or thirty years; but the effect was relieved by windows reaching from floor to ceiling, and opening on a veranda which overlooked a lovely flower-garden, beyond