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II.]
IMPATIENT GRISELDA.
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CHAPTER II.

IMPATIENT GRISELDA.

   "… fairies but seldom appear;
If we do wrong we must expect
   That it will cost us dear!"

It was all very well for a few days. Griselda found plenty to amuse herself with while the novelty lasted, enough to prevent her missing very badly the home she had left "over the sea," and the troop of noisy merry brothers who teased and petted her. Of course she missed them, but not "dreadfully." She was neither homesick nor "dull."

It was not quite such smooth sailing when lessons began. She did not dislike lessons; in