The Craze of Christina — page 125: what you’re looking at

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The Craze of Christina. —sir21 bring forward all the different tables and chairs which she thought she could induce Mr. Clif- ford to purchase. She put them into positions where they showed to advantage, and care- fully dusted and rubbed them over with a cham- ois leather. Then she remembered some Kastern embroidery for which she had foolishly given a high price at a sale a year ago, and which she had never been able to dispose of. She got this out of a cupboard now and laid it temptingly over the back of a chair. “*He shall buy that in any case!’’ she said to herself. ‘‘l will make him have it even if he takes nothing-else.’’ Then she went into the kitchen to see that Susan was in readiness with the tea, and after giving her final directions with regard to the toasting of the muffins, she returned into the parlor to await her visitor. He might come at half-past four, she thought, and he certainly ought to arrive by five. Afternoon tea is unfortunately a movable feast, and an anxious hostess is never quite cer- tain as to the precise moment when it should be brewed, When half-past five came and nobody had turned up, Miss Ashley rang the bell and told Susan to make the tea and cook the mufiins. Comichooks..co —-