Foster-mother

But while Head-nurse and Foster-mother were busy settling down the children's quilts in the little dark archway room, which was all the accommodation available, and

The Adventures of Akbar Flora Annie Steel 1888

Whereupon Foster-mother wept loudly and prayed that good angels might protect her darling.

The Adventures of Akbar Flora Annie Steel 1888

Foster-mother, Head-nurse and Baby Akbar, the outer one by the two men and the two boys, while the middle one, a great wide hall of a place, they used as a living room.

The Adventures of Akbar Flora Annie Steel 1888

He pointed to poor Head-nurse and Foster-mother, who were indeed dropping with fatigue, and the man seemed to understand, for he pulled up.

The Adventures of Akbar Flora Annie Steel 1888

If she, Head-nurse, died of sunstroke what matter, but if Foster-mother failed, what -- even though one back tooth had been gloriously cut -- would become of the

The Adventures of Akbar Flora Annie Steel 1888

Head-nurse and Foster-mother spent all their time in devising wonderful new designs for their darling's dresses, and Humâyon himself added many little fanciful touches, for he had a most wonderful imagination, and this festival, which was to welcome his wife to Kâbul and give her back her little son, occupied all his thoughts.

The Adventures of Akbar Flora Annie Steel 1888

"She has had kittens," said Foster-mother; "I wonder if they are white or black."

The Adventures of Akbar Flora Annie Steel 1888

Foster-mother on a mule, with little Adam perched in front of her brought up the rear of the procession.

The Adventures of Akbar Flora Annie Steel 1888

But they all woke at last, and once more there was the most terrible hullabaloo until Foster-mother recollected the kitten in the charcoal bunker.

The Adventures of Akbar Flora Annie Steel 1888

Poor Foster-mother, who came last, could not take her eyes off it, for the bends immediately above her were filled with the most terrifying sights.

The Adventures of Akbar Flora Annie Steel 1888