"Child's room" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... in many strange signs, she confessed herself immensely distressed, and she finally told me what her own last news of her nephew had been. She had sat up very late— after me, after Mark—and before going to bed had knocked at the door of the child's room, opened to her by the nurse. This good woman had admitted her and she had found him quiet, but flushed and "unnatural," with his mother sitting by his bed. "She held his hand in one of hers," said Miss Ambient, "and in the other—what do ...
— The Author of Beltraffio • Henry James
... middle of the night a slight noise woke me, and I almost fancied I was dreaming still; for there I saw a little white figure gliding past my bed's foot; so softly and soundlessly—it might have been the ghost of a child—and it went into the dead child's room. ...
— John Halifax, Gentleman • Dinah Maria Mulock Craik
... own accord and would soon be found, they searched the country in every direction, but in vain. They were at last obliged to send me word of his disappearance. You can imagine my sensations on arriving at the Hall and finding the dear child's room vacant. I made inquiries in every quarter, sent couriers out in all parts of the neighboring country, but no trace of ...
— Strange Visitors • Henry J. Horn |
