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Title: Half-past bedtime
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: Bashford, H. H. (Henry Howarth), Sir, 1880-1961
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Publisher: Boston, Houghton Mifflin
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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nthe sill outside. Hullo !5> he said ; fancy seeing you here ! He had once been a bumpy, you see, and Mr Jugg hadtaught him to fly. Good evening, said Mr Jugg; what do you thinkof this ? It was a little dream that he had brought for Marian. By George ! said the angel, thats a beauty. 23 Half-past Bedtime He slipped it very softly under Marians pillow. She must have dreamed it too, for next morning whenMummy made her bed it wasnt there. But, alas ! theloveliest dreams of all are the ones that we neverremember. 24 Like the jungle he lives in,Tiger wears a dappled skin.Foxes on the plains of snowWhite as their surroundings go. So do fishes lose their sight,Buried in the oceans night,Little knowing lovely dayLies but half a mile away. For the truth is plain to see,As our haunts are, so are we ;And in cities you will findBusy blind men just as blind. Long ago they lost their eyesUnder bags of merchandise ;And they know not there are stillAngels on the window-sill. GWENDOLEN onkcv Island
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II GWENDOLEN EflNG in the same town as Marian there was alittle girl called Gwendolen. Marian didntknow her very well, though they went to thesame school and sometimes smiled at each other in church.Her father and mother were always climbing mountainsand lecturing about them afterward, so Gwendolen hadto live with her aunt, who was very rich and wore a lotof rings. In many ways Gwendolen was a nice girl, but she hadan exceptionally large tummy. Some people said thatit was her own fault, because she was always sitting abouteating marzipan. But some people said that she couldnthelp her tummy, and had to eat a lot to keep it full.There were also people who said that her aunt spoiled her,being so greedy herself and always eating buttered toast. Gwendolens aunt had a pale, proud face, deeply linedby indigestion, and she lived in a big house on the right-hand side of Bellington Square. The colour of thishouse was a yellowish cream, and it had two pillars infront of the front door. There wer

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