Page 150 - The Little sister of Wilifred

When Estelle, Mrs. Moran’s French
maid, tapped at the door, she was so

long in mustering courage to bid her
enterj that the girl came to the con­

clusion that Miss Wilifred had fallen

asleep, and was just going away, when
Peggy's timid L‘ Come in !' was heard,

Estelle had come to dress her for
dinner, and many an exclamation she

uttered at the tangled condition of the
child's bright locks, and the unusual

roughness of her hands; but as these

were made in French, Peggy was
spared any distress on that score,

Peggy made her first acquaintance
that day with various devices of the

toilet. When the process was over,
Bstclle led her into another room, and

left her.
Here the light was so subdued by the

window hangings that Peggy hardly