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Melbourne House By: Susan Warner (1819-1885) |
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MELBOURNE HOUSE
BY
ELIZABETH WETHERELL AUTHOR OF "WIDE, WIDE WORLD."
"Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be
pure, and whether it be right." Prov. xx. 11
LONDON WARD LOCK AND C° LIMITED 1907
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I. DAISY'S QUESTION CHAPTER II. THE PONY CHAISE CHAPTER III. THE BIRTHDAY CHAPTER IV. THE HAM CHAPTER V. STRAWBERRIES CHAPTER VI. THE EPERGNE CHAPTER VII. A SOLDIER CHAPTER VIII. GEOGRAPHY CHAPTER IX. AFTER TROUT CHAPTER X. A FIELD OF BATTLE CHAPTER XI. THE WOUNDED HAND CHAPTER XII. THE HUNDRED DOLLARS CHAPTER XIII. OBEDIENCE CHAPTER XIV. SUNDAY EVENING CHAPTER XV. SCHROEDER'S MOUNTAIN CHAPTER XVI. JUANITA'S COTTAGE CHAPTER XVII. THE LITTLE CONFESSOR CHAPTER XVIII. WONDERFUL THINGS CHAPTER XIX. THE DOCTOR CHAPTER XX. SUN AND MOON CHAPTER XXI. TEA AT HOME CHAPTER XXII. BEING ROBBED CHAPTER XXIII. THE MAP OF ENGLAND CHAPTER XXIV. THE PICNIC PARTY CHAPTER XXV. A SHOWER CHAPTER XXVI. DAISY'S SUPPER CHAPTER XXVII. RANSOM AND FIDO CHAPTER XXVIII. MRS. GARY'S PRESENT CHAPTER XXIX. THE ROSEBUSH CHAPTER XXX. MOLLY'S GARDEN CHAPTER XXXI. THE PICTURES CHAPTER XXXII. THE BASKET OF SPONGE CAKE CHAPTER XXXIII. SATIN AND FEATHERS CHAPTER XXXIV. CHARITY AND VANITY CHAPTER XXXV. QUEEN ESTHER CHAPTER XXXVI. TABLEAUX VIVANTS CHAPTER XXXVII. AN ACCIDENT CHAPTER XXXVIII. SOMETHING WRONG CHAPTER XXXIX. BREAKING UP CHAPTER I. DAISY'S QUESTION.
A little girl was coming down a flight of stairs that led up
from a great hall, slowly letting her feet pause on each
stair, while the light touch of her hand on the rail guided
her. The very thoughtful little face seemed to be intent on
something out of the house, and when she reached the bottom,
she still stood with her hand on the great baluster that
rested on the marble there, and looked wistfully out of the
open door. So the sunlight came in and looked at her; a little
figure in a white frock and blue sash, with the hair cut short
all over a little round head, and a face not only just now
full of some grave concern, but with habitually thoughtful
eyes and a wise little mouth. She did not seem to see the
sunlight which poured all over her, and lit up a wide, deep
hall, floored with marble, and opening at the other end on
trees and flowers, which showed the sunlight busy there too.
The child lingered wistfully. Then crossed the hall, and went
into a matted, breezy, elegant room, where a lady lay
luxuriously on a couch, playing with a book and a leaf cutter.
She could not be busy with anything in that attitude. Nearly
all that was to be seen was a flow of lavender silk flounces,
a rich slipper at rest on a cushion, and a dainty little cap
with roses on a head too much at ease to rest. By the side of
the lavender silk stood the little white dress, still and
preoccupied as before a few minutes without any notice. "Do you want anything, Daisy?" "Mamma, I want to know something." "Well, what is it?" "Mamma" Daisy seemed to be engaged on a very puzzling
question "what does it mean to be a Christian?" " What? " said her mother, rousing herself up for the first
times to look at her. "To be a Christian, mamma?" "It means, to be baptised and go to church, and all that,"
said the lady, turning back to her book. "But mamma, that isn't all I mean." "I don't know what you mean. What has put it into your head?" "Something Mr. Dinwiddie said." "What absurd nonsense! Who is Mr. Dinwiddie?" "You know him. He lives at Mrs. Sandford's." "And where did he talk to you?" "In the little school in the woods. In his Sunday school.
Yesterday." "Well, it's absurd nonsense, your going there. You have
nothing to do with such things. Mr. Randolph? " An inarticulate sound, testifying that he was attending, came
from a gentleman who had lounged in and was lounging through
the room. "I won't have Daisy go to that Sunday school any more, down
there in the woods... Continue reading book >>
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