Pamela J Vermeer

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She# said# she# was# a real Princess. "Ah! we
shall## soon## see# that!"# thought# the# old
Queen-mother; however, she said not a word of
what# she# was# going to do; but went quietly
into# the# bedroom,# took all the bed-clothes
off the bed, and put three little peas on the
bedstead. She then laid twenty mattresses one
upon# another# over# the# three peas, and put
twenty feather beds over the mattresses. Upon
this# bed the Princess was to pass the night.
(Hans Christian Anderson)

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My# dear sons: Thank God with me that we are once more on TERRA FIRMA.
We arrived yesterday morning at ten o'clock, after a very rough voyage
and after riding all night in the Channel in a tremendous gale, so bad
that# no# pilot# could# reach us to bring us in on Saturday evening. A
record# of# a# sea voyage will be only interesting to you who love me,
but I must give it to you that you may know what to expect if you ever
undertake# it;# but# first, I must sum it all up by saying that of all
horrors,# of# all# physical# miseries, tortures, and distresses, a sea
voyage is the greatest ... (Elizabeth Davis Bancroft)