[The Little Colonel: Maid of Honor by Annie Fellows Johnston]@TWC D-Link bookThe Little Colonel: Maid of Honor CHAPTER IV 12/19
She hasn't told me yet what her impressions are of this grand old Commonwealth." If he had thought his teasing tone would bring the color to her face, it was because he was not as familiar with her background as she was with his.
A long apprenticeship under Jack and Holland had made her proof against ordinary banter. "Well," she began, calmly, mashing the edges of her ice-cream with her spoon to make it melt faster, "so far it is just as I imagined it would be.
I've always thought of Kentucky as a place full of colored people and pretty girls and polite men.
Of course I've not been anywhere yet but just in this room, and it certainly seems to be swarming with colored waiters.
I can't see all over the room without turning around, but the ladies at the tables in front of me and the ones reflected in the mirrors are good-looking and stylish.
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