Identifier: mylifeherethere00kant (find matches)
Title: My life here and there
Year: 1921 (1920s)
Authors: Kantakuzen, Julia Grant, kniaginia, 1876-
Subjects: Austria -- Court and courtiers Russia -- Court and courtiers
Publisher: New York, C. Scribner's sons
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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getting wellrapidly. I lay in bed still one evening in a little roomoff my mothers, and was to be allowed up definitelynext day when suddenly my lovely aunty came in andtook me in her arms, carrying me into her own room, topay me a little visit, she said. She tucked me into herown big bed, where I fell asleep. Early the next morning I was awakened by what Ithought was a cat mewing, only it seemed rather loud.Then nurse came in and told me to dress quickly like agood girl, because there was to be a surprise for the twocousins and me as soon as we were ready. I asked aboutthat cat; maybe there was one lost in the house some-where, the nurse said. She was distracted and uncom-municative. She got through with me rapidly and sentme into my aunts dressing-room, where the latter wasdoing her hair while talking to my two cousins, who werethere before me, and who looked impressed. I joinedthem with a beating heart, and heard that a brand-newbaby boy had arrived in the house, and that because I
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