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Sibyl's Little Daughter, a Sequel to the Gipsy's Daughter
Sibyl's Little Daughter a Sequel to the Gipsy's Daughter Author:Elizabeth Caroline Grey General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1854 Original Publisher: T.C. Newby Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can sele... more »ct from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER III. It is easy to imagine that the curiosity of the Lillesmere household was not diminished -- but raised, if possible, to a much higher pitch by the arrival of the young strangers. That the new comer must be, whether male or female, of an unusually mysterious character -- for this they had each and all prepared themselves; but not for an instant did it enter their brains that her ladyship could have been so flurried and upset, calling her servants fromtheir beds at cock-crow; and, to use the words of pretty Mrs. Lucy, turned the house topsyturvy all about what ? " A couple of the queerest looking children she ever clapped her eyes upon." Lady Lisle easily guessed what must be passing in their minds, and knew that it would be useless withholding or trying to conceal from them many of the real circumstances of the case. She knew perfectly that, ere long, not only would the death and burial of the gipsy's daughter be known to each individual in the castle, but, also, that in some way or other, the strange story would circulate far and wide, and be in the mouth of every neighbour, rich or poor, within fifty miles of Lillesmere. As soon, therefore, as some of the important business of letter writing was over, Mrs. Goodwin, the housekeeper, was summoned to the boudoir, and, in a few plain words, wasinformed in what light the little stranger guest was in future to be regarded by herself and fellow servants. " I am not going to enter into any minute details concerning the history of this child's mother," said her ladyship; " that she has been discovered by me in ...« less