From: Thersa K. <cer...@il...> - 2009-12-23 09:47:03
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Shamed. He hurried away with lowered head and tail and didn't reappear until he had cleaned his coat. Even then he would not look at Hortense, try as she would to catch his eye. [Illustration] CHAPTER VII "_... there should be Little People up the mountain yonder...._" "If you will come to tea at four o'clock, Fergus will tell you a story of the Little People," said Mary to Hortense, adding as Hortense hesitated a moment, "Bring Andy with you." Hortense accepted gladly and ran to inform Andy of the invitation and that nut cake with chocolate icing had been especially made for the occasion. At four o'clock Andy and Hortense, in their best bib and tucker and with clean smiling faces, knocked at the door of the little cottage beyond the orchard where lived Fergus and Mary. The tea was all that could be asked for in variety and quantity, and it was quite evident when Hortense and Andy had finished with it that if they ate even a |