. The adventures of Peter Peterkin . She strained her eyes to watch the distant harbor XXVII IN THE CITY. W HILE the toothless vil-lain was finishing hiscruel story, the dawnbegan to flicker in the^ eastern sky. And, be-=-- yond the gray piers,in the houses of thecity, the early risers^ -^^— ~T •~^: were already up andstirring. Thin wisps of smoke commenced to float up outof the houses chimneys to prove that cooks and housewiveswere already at their ovens. The dome of the palace was beginning to flash with thefirst rays of the sun. Just beneath it, the curtains of thelittle princesss window we
. The adventures of Peter Peterkin . She strained her eyes to watch the distant harbor XXVII IN THE CITY. W HILE the toothless vil-lain was finishing hiscruel story, the dawnbegan to flicker in the^ eastern sky. And, be-=-- yond the gray piers,in the houses of thecity, the early risers^ -^^— ~T •~^: were already up andstirring. Thin wisps of smoke commenced to float up outof the houses chimneys to prove that cooks and housewiveswere already at their ovens. The dome of the palace was beginning to flash with thefirst rays of the sun. Just beneath it, the curtains of thelittle princesss window were flapping strangely. It almost 121 122 THE ADVENTURES OF PETERKIN seemed as if she were standing behind them and peeking outupon the citys roofs, as far as the harbor beyond. Aye—and so she was! With her fair curls tumbHng tothe clean, sweet morning breeze and her little white nightiefluttering softly, she strained her eyes to watch the distantharbor. Perhaps she saw something strange there—some-thing she had never seen before in all the Four she had guessed it was the Pump
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