Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Image Attribution: William Powell Frith (died 1909) (Public domain)
Image Attribution: William Powell Frith (died 1909) (Public domain)
She was putting on her gloves—a new pair to match her dress—when John Blagrove knocked at the closet door.
"Come in," cried she.
"Ready, I see," said he, "and looking your prettiest. What’s the day of the month?"
"What a funny question!" said Lucy; "why, the 28th of December, to be sure."
"That’s a date which you must remember all your life, little one," said the old man. "Come along."
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