Read "The Little Colonel" by Annie Fellows Johnston online for free on Textopian. Full text with search, annotations, highlights, and AI-powered reading aids.
Every evening after that during Lloyd's visit the fire burned on the hearth of the long drawing-room. All the wax candles were lighted, and the vases were kept full of flowers, fresh from the conservatory.
She loved to steal into the room before her grandfather came down, and carry on imaginary conversations with the old portraits.