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"And somewhat southward toward the noon, / Whence lies a way up to the moon; / And thence the fairy can as soon / Pass to the earth below it. " / Drayton.
Joan, a pleasant-faced young woman who had once been the children's nurse, and was now married to a fisherman who owned several boats, and was a person of some consequence among the villagers, was standing at the door of her cottage with a baby in her arms as the children came up. Her face beamed with smiles, but before she had time to speak Ruby called out to her.