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Excerpt from A Blind Bird's Nest Was as if a field of summer flowers had taken on human shape and begun to dance; and the music swayed them like a merry wind. The great schoolroom, as empty as a barn, was lit from above by lamps that hung amidst clumsy wreaths of green, so that the light fell down on the dancing children, in their bright dresses, with their long, floating hair. The simple music, the twinkling feet, the unshadowed rosy faces Of the little dancers, and the candid colouring Of their frocks, gave a fairylike look to the whole scene, combining in a harmony of gaiety that the amusements Of older people can never Show. Groups, composed Of parents, guardians, and governesses, had collected about the doorways to look on, whilst a few Of the younger women joined in the dances, exchanging laughing comments above the heads of their little partners, as they spun up and down the room. But the spectators were in a dull world of their own the real fim was with the children. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.