Meanwhile his daughter Thora was talking of him, and wondering what news he would bring them, and Mistress Ragnor, in a very smart cap and a gown of dark violet silk, was knitting by the large window in the living room-a very comfortable room carpeted with a good Kilmarnock "three-ply" and curtained with red moreen.
"An Orkney Maid"
Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
Thora had just entered the room with a clean table-cloth in her hands.
"An Orkney Maid"
Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
Very hard it is for them to get a pretty frock, and it will make them happy to see themselves smarter than Thora Ragnor."
"An Orkney Maid"
Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr