I was to manage that formidable Deborah, and the stolid, broad-faced Martha; and there was mother so broken in health and spirits, and Dot, and Jack, with her Hoidenish ways and torn frocks, and Allan miles away from me, and Carrie-well, I felt half afraid of Carrie to-night; she seemed meditating great things when I wanted her to compass daily duties.
"Esther A Book for Girls"
Rosa Nouchette Carey
Perhaps he thought me too Hoidenish for his child's governess, and for a whole week after that I refused to play with Flurry, until she began to mope, and my heart misgave me.
"Esther A Book for Girls"
Rosa Nouchette Carey