 | Contents| CHAPTER | PAGE | | I. | Zoe | [1] | | II. | Maria's Wedding | [12] | | III. | The Antique Cup | [22] | | IV. | The "Agiasmo" | [38] | | V. | A Visit to Marco | [47] | | VI. | Tea with a Brigand | [67] | | VII. | Zoe Takes a Journey | [84] | | VIII. | By the Sea | [107] | | IX. | Autumn Pleasures | [119] | | X. | A Happy Easter | [132] |
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List of Illustrations
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| "She took her basket and ran down the hillside" (See [page 11]) | [Frontispiece] |
| "Something lay there half covered with earth" | [31] |
| "Papa Petro came riding down from his house on a tiny donkey" | [39] |
| "Stood before them in the beautiful national costume of Greece" | [68] |
| "They washed beneath a huge plane tree" | [108] |
| "She sprang to her feet, and in so doing pulled the bell-rope" | [125] |
Our Little Grecian Cousin
CHAPTER I
ZOE
Zoe sat in the doorway tending baby Domna as she lay asleep in her cradle. She was sleeping quietly, as any child should who has the cross on her cradle for good luck. Her skin was as white as milk, and this was because Zoe had taken care of her Marti. On the first day of March she had tied a bit of red ribbon about her little cousin's wrist, for a charm. The keen March winds could not hurt the baby after that, nor could she have freckles nor sunburn.