This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1899 edition. Excerpt: ... it off." Mrs. Ellerton looked disappointed. "Then I suppose you won't go," she said. "And I had set my heart on it." "Oh, if you wish it so much, I will go," said Nora, "butI don't think she would consent to see me if she knew my name." "But she needn't know it," said Mrs. Ellerton, cheering up again. ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1899 edition. Excerpt: ... it off." Mrs. Ellerton looked disappointed. "Then I suppose you won't go," she said. "And I had set my heart on it." "Oh, if you wish it so much, I will go," said Nora, "butI don't think she would consent to see me if she knew my name." "But she needn't know it," said Mrs. Ellerton, cheering up again. "She won't recognise you--poor little child. Her eyes are in such a state that she can't distinguish people in the least, and I can easily say I am sending a dear friend. Leave all that to me." Nora hesitated. "Of course I will go," she said--"I will go tomorrow." "You are a dear!" Mrs. Ellerton said, kissing her, and she went off saying to herself: "My poor Nora. And this is what he has been making of you." And Nora thought: "What a pleasure to see an old friend. Bessie has changed. She takes a brighter view of life. And I have changed too, and my brightness has gone. And why? Am I unhappy or anxious? Or what is it?" The next morning Nora started off to the address given in Kentish Town. Having once made up her mind, she was touchingly eager to be of use to this little stricken girl. It was the first time for many months that she had taken any trouble about anyone except Theodore Bevan, and she felt an almost childlike pleasure in the undertaking; just as we all feel, when, after a long period of listlessness and irresponsibility, we are suddenly entrusted with a task, and are allowed the dignity and buoyancy of believing that we alone can accomplish it successfully. She bought a few little delicacies, and at length arrived at her destination. The door of the little house...
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Frontis Illus. Very Good in No D.J. jacket. Book No copyright date. Circa 1900. Red covers with gold lettering on spine. Minor crack in binding inside front cover with webbing or sewing intact. Pages toned or browned by age. Size: 12mo-6¾"-7¾" Oblong.
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