Walter Besant 
All in a Garden Fair, the Simple Story of Three Boys and a Girl [PDF ebook] 

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. All the young men of this country go to China or to London, ‘ said Hector, with the air of one who has made a new epigram, and thinks it ought to be remembered. And the girls all wait at home, I suppose said Claire with a Sigh. The statue Of Patience, my daughter, ‘ replied her father, ‘has her lips closed, her eyes fixed, her head a little on one side, and one forefinger raised. She does not talk, she does not grumble; she waits.’