Illustrations
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“Philippa already! How nice!”
“I beg your pardon; I never saw Solomon take such liberties before.”
“You will bewitch my father, I am sure.”
His presence was first revealed to the weeping girl by the touch of a cold nose on her hand.
Looking for all the world like the everyday Philippa.
So he stepped forward with quiet matter-of-fact ease to greet her.
To her the whole scene was almost one of enchantment.
“May I show myself in?” said a voice in the doorway.