Excerpt from Alice a the Inn, Vol. 3: A Tale of the Old Coaching Days
She has gone to her room, but she cannot be in bed; she is probably praying that the Ginger Drops may not rise up and accuse her at the last day.
I am going to make a momentous proposal, Emily, and I should like her to be present.
All right, cried she, and rushed upstairs, and Soon brought Miss F osh down, in a bright blue dress ing-gown, trimmed with red, and her hair entirely tucked away under a nightcap. She apparently dressed rather than undressed for bed, for the broad strings of her head-covering were crossed, and brought forward above her forehead, being secured there by a small brooch.
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