. St. Nicholas [serial] . with a very handsome knocker andthat there were also two bell-handles, one oneach door-post. To make quite sure, they pulledeach bell and knocked a rat-tat-tat on theknocker. They had not long to wait before thedoor was opened by a very trim little doll,dressed in a neat cotton gown, with a cute,pretty apron, and a tiny lace cap. She was nothalf as tall as Elfie, and had to stand on achair to reach the door-knob. She made a stiff little curtsy, and said ina very funny voice: Will you be pleased to walk in, madam ? She spoke her words without any change inher voice, al
. St. Nicholas [serial] . with a very handsome knocker andthat there were also two bell-handles, one oneach door-post. To make quite sure, they pulledeach bell and knocked a rat-tat-tat on theknocker. They had not long to wait before thedoor was opened by a very trim little doll,dressed in a neat cotton gown, with a cute,pretty apron, and a tiny lace cap. She was nothalf as tall as Elfie, and had to stand on achair to reach the door-knob. She made a stiff little curtsy, and said ina very funny voice: Will you be pleased to walk in, madam ? She spoke her words without any change inher voice, all on one note like this, i r ^m 1 1 1 1—--I 1 1- Will you be pleased to walk in, madam. and stopped short at the end as if she spoke by clockwork. Which is exactly what she i89i.] ELFIE S VISIT TO CLOUDLAND AND THE MOON. 285 does, said E-ma-ji-na-shun, in answer to Elfiesthought. They followed the hired-girl dolly into thehallway of the villa, and she turned with funnylittle jerky steps into the parlor on the right, and. held open the door for Elfie and her companionto follow. When the little girl looked around the room,she at first thought she must be in an immensetoy-store. The ceiling was so high aboveher head that the paper lanterns hanging fromit, with which the room was lighted, seemedlike tiny stars. There were thousands of theselamps, and they gave an excellent light. Verylittle light came in at the windows, for thoughthey were real glass, they were nearly coveredby the curtains painted on them. Just likethose in my dolls house! thought Elfie. Toys of every kind lay scattered all over theroom, and hung from hooks in the walls andceiling. Some of them Elfie had never seenbefore, but many looked like those Santa Claushad brought on Christmas Day for her and herlittle friends. Then there were dolls of all sorts,conditions, and sizes amusing themselves in allsorts of ways, while a great number simply hungfrom the hooks or sat on the shelves, which ranall round the room, a
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