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Red Rose and Tiger Lily or, In a Wider World By: L. T. Meade (1854-1914) |
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Or, In a Wider World
By
MRS. L. T. MEADE
AUTHOR OF A BUNCH OF CHERRIES, A RING OF RUBIES,
BAD LITTLE HANNAH, ETC.
"Nothing is required but to set the right way to work,
but of course the really important thing is to succeed."
Story of the Poor Tailor.
NEW YORK
GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS COPYRIGHT, 1894, BY THE CASSELL PUBLISHING COMPANY All rights reserved [Illustration: NAN AND ANNIE ARRIVE. Red Rose and Tiger Lily.
Frontispiece ( Page 4.)] CONTENTS.
CHAPTER PAGE I. NAN'S GOLDEN MANE 1 II. CRUSHED 8 III. TWO PROVERBS 16 IV. THE COLTS ROBIN AND JOE 23 V. NOT MISSED 32 VI. FRIAR'S WOOD 42 VII. THE STORY BOOK LADY 53 VIII. ALONE IN THE WOOD 63 IX. "I BROKE MY WORD," SAID ANNIE 70 X. AN AWFULLY FRIVOLOUS GIRL 79 XI. THE DIAMOND RING 88 XII. THE LAND OF PERHAPS 97 XIII. THE FANCY BALL 113 XIV. POOR MRS. MYRTLE 124 XV. "THE WAY OF TRANSGRESSORS" 132 XVI. PERHAPS 143 XVII. FAIRY AND BROWNIE 152 XVIII. THE LORRIMERS OF THE TOWERS 161 XIX. TOPSY TURVEY 171 XX. THE NEW OWNERS 179 XXI. HESTER SPEAKS HER MIND 194 XXII. ANTONIA'S GIFT 207 XXIII. TRUTH AND FIDELITY 215 XXIV. A WET SPONGE 222 XXV. MOLLY'S SORROW 234 XXVI. PLOT THICKENS 245 XXVII. NELL IS IN TROUBLE 252 XXVIII. THE LION AND MOUSE 262 XXIX. GOD BLESS ANTONIA 274
RED ROSE AND TIGER LILY OR IN A WIDER WORLD
CHAPTER I. NAN'S GOLDEN MANE.
It was a perfect summer's evening. The sun had just set, and purple,
gold, violet, rose colour still filled the sky in the west. There was a
tender new moon, looking like a silver bow, also to be seen; before long
the evening star would be visible. Hester Thornton stepped out of the drawing room at the Grange, and,
walking a little way down the broad gravel sweep, began to listen
intently. Hester was about seventeen a slender girl for her age. Her
eyes were dark, her eyebrows somewhat strongly marked, her abundant
hair, of a much lighter shade of brown, was coiled in close folds round
her well shaped head. Her lips were slightly compressed, her chin showed
determination. Hester had not been beautiful as a child, and she was not
beautiful as a girl, but her face was pleasant to look at, very bright
when animated, very steadfast and sweet when in repose. The air was like
nectar to her cheeks. She was naturally a pale girl, but a faint rose
colour was now discernible in her complexion, and the look of
expectation in her dark eyes made them charming. A step was heard on the gravel behind, and she turned quickly. "Is that you, father?" she exclaimed. "Yes. Are not you very imprudent to come out at this hour in your thin
house shoes, and with nothing on your head? There is a very heavy dew
falling." "Oh, I never take cold," replied Hester with a smile, which showed her
even and pretty white teeth; "and I certainly shan't to night," she
continued, "for I am feeling far too excited." Sir John Thornton was considered by most of his acquaintances (he could
boast of scarcely any friends) as a reserved and almost repellent
person, but now, as his eyes rested on his young daughter, something
seemed to soften their expression; he took her slight hand and drew it
affectionately through his arm... Continue reading book >>
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