large/13003/adopting_of_rosa_marie_1901_librivox_64kb_mp3/rosamarie_18_rankin_64kb_30
large/13003/adopting_of_rosa_marie_1901_librivox_64kb_mp3/rosamarie_18_rankin_64kb
English
13003
"Grandmother's a mixture of everything, you know  French, English, New York Dutch  and her furniture shows it. Lots of it came from Europe and Father picked up things in India and China  such a jolly dad as he is. That's why this place is such a jumble." GRANDMOTHER'S A MIXTURE OF EVERYTHING YOU KNOW FRENCH ENGLISH NEW YORK DUTCH AND HER FURNITURE SHOWS IT LOTS OF IT CAME FROM EUROPE AND FATHER'S PICKED UP THINGS IN INDIA AND CHINA SUCH A JOLLY DAD AS HE IS THAT'S WHY THIS PLACE IS SUCH A JUMBLE
do _something_, they hadn't the remotest idea what. Then, to their great relief, there was a sudden "swish" of silken skirts, a flash of scarlet and lively Henrietta, who had slid down the broad banister, was greeting them warmly. "Grandmother's out," said she. "Come up to my room and have a real visit before she gets back. Simmons, just toddle down to the lower regions for some fruit and anything else you can find; send them up to my room." Something very like a smile flitted across Simmons's wooden countenance. Perhaps it amused him to be ordered to "toddle." "Do you like my new gown?" queried Henrietta, leading the way upstairs and flirting her accordion-pleated skirts in graceful fashion. "It's my dinner dress. I have to dress for dinner every night--such a fuss for just two of us. Come in here--this is my sitting-room." "How very odd," said Jean, finding her voice at last. "Isn't it?" laughed Henrietta, shaking her brown curls. She wore them tied back with two enormous black bows. Y MOMENT SIMMONS WAS EVIDENTLY EXPECTING THEM TO DO SOMETHING THEY HADN'T THE REMOTEST IDEA WHAT THEN TO THEIR GREAT RELIEF THERE WAS A SUDDEN SWISH OF SILKEN SKIRTS A FLASH OF SCARLET AND LIVELY HENRIETTA WHO HAD SLID DOWN THE BROAD BANISTER WAS GREETING THEM WARMLY GRANDMOTHER'S ALPS SAID SHE COME UP TO MY ROOM AND HAVE A REAL VISIT BEFORE SHE GETS BACK SIMMONS JUST TODDLE DOWN TO THE LOWER REGIONS FOR SOME FRUIT AND ANYTHING ELSE YOU CAN FIND SEND THEM UP TO MY ROOM SOMETHING VERY LIKE A SMILE FLITTED ACROSS SIMON'S WOODEN COUNTENANCE PERHAPS IT AMUSED HIM TO BE ORDERED TO TODDLE DO YOU LIKE MY NEW GOWN QUERIED HENRIETTA LEADING THE WAY UPSTAIRS AND FLIRTING HER ACCORDION PLATED SKIRTS IN A GRACEFUL FASHION IT'S MY DINNER DRESS I HAVE TO DRESS FOR DINNER EVERY NIGHT SUCH A FUSS FOR JUST TWO OF US COME IN HERE THIS IS MY SITTING ROOM HOW VERY ODD SAID JEAN FINDING HER VOICE AT LAST ISN'T IT LAUGHED HENRIETTA SHAKING HER BROWN CURLS SHE WORE THEM TIED BACK WITH TWO ENORMOUS BLACK BOWS
large/13003/adopting_of_rosa_marie_1901_librivox_64kb_mp3/rosamarie_18_rankin_64kb
file
download/librilight/large/13003/adopting_of_rosa_marie_1901_librivox_64kb_mp3/rosamarie_18_rankin_64kb.flac