6/6 At first she had some difficulty in tracing her own likeness upon the glassy surface, but gradually she marked its outline. It stretched away from her, and its appearance was as though she herself were lying on her back in the water wrapped about with the fleecy mist. "How curious it seems," she thought; "what is it that reflection reminds me of with the white all round it ?" Next instant she gave a little cry and turned sharply away. It recalled her mother as she had last seen her seven years ago.. |