elf-child

But then the elf-child sighed, and gave up her sport, because it grieved her to have done harm to a little being that was as wild as the sea-breeze, or as wild as Pearl herself.

The Scarlet Letter 2002

When her elf-child had departed, Hester Prynne made a step or two towards the track that led through the forest, but still remained under the deep shadow of the trees.

The Scarlet Letter 2002

The hawk heard a dozen lan-guages breathed into the air: the sleepy muttering of an elf-child somewhere in the darkness beneath Istar, the last gurgled sigh of a merchant murdered on the edge of the desert, the quiet sermons of the high grass and the ancient vallenwoods far, far to the south in Silvanost.

The Dark Queen Williams, Michael, 1952 Dec. 17- 1994

Slowly, Spinel lowered the elf-child to the tunnel floor.

The Dark Queen Williams, Michael, 1952 Dec. 17- 1994

Even an elf-child can develop suddenly into a woman once she arrives at a knowledge of the fact that there is a man ready to make love to her.

The Hippodrome Rachel Hayward

When her elf-child had departed, Hester Prynne made a step or two towards the track that led through the forest, but still remained under the deep shadow of the trees.

XVI. A Forest Walk 1917

But then the elf-child sighed, and gave up her sport, because it grieved her to have done harm to a little being that was as wild as the sea-breeze, or as wild as Pearl herself.

XV. Hester and Pearl 1917

None knew—nor ever learned with the fulness of perfect certainty—whether the elf-child had gone thus untimely to a maiden grave; or whether her wild, rich nature had been softened and subdued and made capable of a woman’s gentle happiness.

XXIV. Conclusion 1917

Prynne, with her scarlet elf-child, passed slowly across her vision.

Violets and Other Tales Alice Moore Dunbar-Nelson 1905

Then it was that in every pickle of mischief where a little lad could be this elf-child, with his black eyes and curly auburn hair, was to be found.

A Dozen Ways Of Love Lily Dougall 1890