. Midsummer Eve : a fairy tale of loving and being loved . been blown out as heunlocked the door, but that he hadseen anumbcr of quaintlittle creaturesno longer than his thumb, dressed in the strangest fashion ; some wearingcocked hats and square-cut coats, running along the moonbeams thatslanted upon a huge pipe of claret—some with flagons, others withoutlandish bottles, others bearing vessels full of wine on their heads—all detected in the very act of robbing the cellar; the ladys maid,whose little malignant person was so stiffened out that she suggested theidea of having been dipped in a bo
. Midsummer Eve : a fairy tale of loving and being loved . been blown out as heunlocked the door, but that he hadseen anumbcr of quaintlittle creaturesno longer than his thumb, dressed in the strangest fashion ; some wearingcocked hats and square-cut coats, running along the moonbeams thatslanted upon a huge pipe of claret—some with flagons, others withoutlandish bottles, others bearing vessels full of wine on their heads—all detected in the very act of robbing the cellar; the ladys maid,whose little malignant person was so stiffened out that she suggested theidea of having been dipped in a bowl of starch and hung in the sun to dry, complained mostbitterly that whenevershe was going to sleepsomething tickled thesharp point of her nosewith a nettle, and that,consequently, she hadnot closed her eyes fora fortnight; and whatmade this fact the moreextraordinary was, thata simple country girlwho slept with her, andwhom she unmercifullyfagged during tlie day,rested soundly andswectlv, despite the cfrcrts 1o awid^en her. Cdrmacs favourite buutir. A FAIKY TALE OF LOVE. 59 had been nearly ridden to death hj- the Phooka the night before hewanted it for the iiehl, and more than once the powder in liis flask hadbeen found wet when he knew he had left it dry. Sidney had nothingto complain of; on the contrary, his pony, from having been a vicious,ill-tempered beast, had become gentle as a lamb, and endowed witlithe afi-ection and intelligence of a dog; his fly was sure to hook thefinest salmon in lake or river, and the tenderest echoes repeated everynote of his bugle. But Cormac and his mother, instead of endeavouringto propitiate the good people, who were justly ofiended with much,both said and done to their annoyance, accounted for everything in amode so matter-of-fact, that they irritated the Fairies, as much by theirobstinacy as by their contempt. Lady Elizabeth was very particular and formal in all things connectedwith her toilet; draperies of the finest muslin, starred
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