{"product_id":"2940016177625","title":"The Captain's Doll","description":"'Hannele!'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Ja--a.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Wo bist du?'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Hier.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Wo dann?'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHannele did not lift her head from her work.  She sat in a low\u003cbr\u003echair under a reading-lamp, a basket of coloured silk pieces beside\u003cbr\u003eher, and in her hands a doll, or mannikin, which she was dressing.\u003cbr\u003eShe was doing something to the knee of the mannikin, so that the\u003cbr\u003epoor little gentleman flourished head downwards with arms wildly\u003cbr\u003etossed out.  And it was not at all seemly, because the doll was a\u003cbr\u003eScotch soldier in tight-fitting tartan trews.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere was a tap at the door, and the same voice, a woman's,\u003cbr\u003ecalling:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Hannele?'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Ja--a!'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Are you here?  Are you alone?' asked the voice in German.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Yes--come in.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHannele did not sound very encouraging.  She turned round her doll\u003cbr\u003eas the door opened, and straightened his coat.  A dark-eyed young\u003cbr\u003ewoman peeped in through the door, with a roguish coyness.  She was\u003cbr\u003edressed fashionably for the street, in a thick cape-wrap, and a\u003cbr\u003elittle black hat pulled down to her ears.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Quite, quite alone!' said the newcomer, in a tone of wonder.\u003cbr\u003e'Where is he, then?'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'That I don't know,' said Hannele.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'And you sit here alone and wait for him?  But no!  That I call\u003cbr\u003ecourage!  Aren't you afraid?'  Mitchka strolled across to her\u003cbr\u003efriend.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Why shall I be afraid?' said Hannele curtly.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'But no!  And what are you doing?  Another puppet!  He is a good\u003cbr\u003eone, though!  Ha--ha--ha!  HIM!  It is him!  No--no--that is too\u003cbr\u003ebeautiful!  No--that is too beautiful, Hannele.  It is him--exactly\u003cbr\u003ehim.  Only the trousers.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'He wears those trousers too,' said Hannele, standing her doll on\u003cbr\u003eher knee.  It was a perfect portrait of an officer of a Scottish\u003cbr\u003eregiment, slender, delicately made, with a slight, elegant stoop of\u003cbr\u003ethe shoulders and close-fitting tartan trousers.  The face was\u003cbr\u003ebeautifully modeled, and a wonderful portrait, dark-skinned, with\u003cbr\u003ea little, close-cut, dark mustache, and wide-open dark eyes, and\u003cbr\u003ethat air of aloofness and perfect diffidence which marks an officer\u003cbr\u003eand a gentleman.","brand":"WDS Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47081133670640,"sku":"2940016177625","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940016177625_p0.jpg?v=1763630625","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940016177625","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}