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Excerpt from Esther's Charge: A Story for Girls
"Where is Miss Esther, Genefer?"
"I think she's at the linen-press, marm, putting away the things from the wash."
"Tell her to come to me when she has clone that. I want to speak to her."
"Yes, marm, I will. Can I do anything else for you?"
"No, thank you. I have all I want. But send Miss Esther to me quickly."
Mrs. St. Aiden was lying on a couch in a very pretty, dainty, little room, which opened upon a garden, blazing with late spring and early summer flowers.
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Excerpt from True Stories of Girl Heroines
"Mistress my mistress the Moriscos are upon us "
Inez sprang to her feet, the rich southern ood receding for a moment from her cheek, as those words fell upon her ears - words of such fearful significance to the Christian inhabitants of the Moorish territory along the Sierra Nevada.
"Juana, what mean you? Speak, girl What have you heard? What have you seen?"
Juana's face had been white when she came bursting in upon her young mistress; she held her hand to her side; her breath came and went in great gasps; yet already she was...