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'Me and Nobbles' By: Amy Le Feuvre (-1929) |
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'Me and Nobbles'
By AMY LE FEUVRE Author of 'Probable Sons,' 'Teddy's Button,' 'Jill's Red Bag,'
'Odd,' 'His Little Daughter,' etc.
London THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY 4 Beuverie Street and 65 St. Paul's Churchyard, E.C. 4. 1908
CONTENTS
CHAPTER PROLOGUE I. 'MASTER MORTIMER'
II. 'HE MAY COME TO MORROW!'
III. THE BEAUTIFUL PICTURE
IV. HIS NEW FRIEND
V. NOBBLES' MISFORTUNE
VI. HIS FATHER
VII. HIS NEW HOME
VIII. A LETTER FROM ABROAD
IX. 'SHE HAS LEFT US!'
X. 'WE'RE GOING TO FIND A GOVERNESS!
XI. BOBBY'S VISITOR
XII. 'A DELIGHTFUL TIME
XIII. THE WEDDING
XIV. 'NEARLY DROWNED'
XV. THE OLD HOUSE AGAIN
'ME AND NOBBLES.'
PROLOGUE. [ To be skipped by children if they like. ]
It was a very silent old house. Outside, the front windows stared gravely down upon the tidy drive with
its rhododendron shrubberies, the well kept lawn with the triangular
beds, and the belt of gloomy fir trees edging the high brick wall that
ran along the public road. The windows were always draped and
curtained, and opened one foot at the top with monotonous regularity.
No one was ever seen leaning out of them, or even pushing back the
curtains to widen their view. There was a broad flight of steps, and a
ponderous door which, when opened, disclosed a long hall, at the end of
which was a gaily flowered conservatory. Instinct made people tread
gently upon the thick Turkey rugs that were laid upon the polished
floor; there was a stillness in the house that seemed to chill one. If
you peeped into the big dining room, the portraits upon the wall eyed
you with disapproval; the table, which was always laid with snowy white
cloth and shining silver, seemed severely austere and formal; the high
back chairs and the massive sideboards bade you respect their age. The drawing room was quite as awe inspiring, for the blinds were nearly
always down, and it had a musty unused scent telling you that its
grandeur was not for daily use. The library was gloomier still. Its
windows were of stained glass; books of the dingiest hue surrounded
you; they lined the walls; and the furniture and carpet matched them in
tone. Ghostly busts on pedestals, scientific machines, and a huge
geographical and astronomical globe added to its gloom. The sun had a
way of only hastily shining in when he could not help himself, and he
left it till the last moment just before he went to bed. He was not
fond of that room, and there was no one in the house that was. Then there was the morning room, and this was where old Mrs. Egerton
spent most of her day. She was a tall severe old lady with no sense of
humour and a very strong will. She spent an hour after breakfast with
her cook, for housekeeping was her hobby; then she sat at her table
writing letters and doing her accounts till luncheon, after which she
always went for a drive. In the evening after dinner she read the
paper or some solid book, knitted, and retired early to bed. Her
daughter, Miss Anna Egerton, was very like her, only she was seldom
seen indoors. She was full of good works, and was never idle, for she
had more business than she could possibly get through, and her days
were so crowded that meals seemed quite an effort. The man of the
house, Mrs. Egerton's son, was also always out, and when at home spent
his leisure moments in his smoking room. London claimed most of his
time, for he was in a government office, and went to and fro by train,
thinking nothing of the hours spent twice a day in a railway carriage. 'A very dull house indeed,' a lady visitor thought at the end of her
first day there; and yet, in spite of its quietness, there were just a
few indications of another element that puzzled her. Once she heard a patter of childish feet along the corridor past her
door, but that was very early in the morning before she was properly
awake, so she thought she must be dreaming... Continue reading book >>
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