Eight Cousins: or, The Aunt-Hill
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Alcott Louisa May. Eight Cousins: or, The Aunt-Hill
CHAPTER I. TWO GIRLS
CHAPTER II. THE CLAN
CHAPTER III. UNCLES
CHAPTER IV. AUNTS
CHAPTER V. A BELT AND A BOX
CHAPTER VI. UNCLE ALEC'S ROOM
CHAPTER VII. A TRIP TO CHINA
CHAPTER VIII. AND WHAT CAME OF IT
CHAPTER IX. PHEBE'S SECRET
CHAPTER X. ROSE'S SACRIFICE
CHAPTER XI. POOR MAC
CHAPTER XII "THE OTHER FELLOWS."
CHAPTER XIII. COSEY CORNER
CHAPTER XIV. A HAPPY BIRTHDAY
CHAPTER XV. EAR-RINGS
CHAPTER XVI. BREAD AND BUTTON-HOLES
CHAPTER XVII. GOOD BARGAINS
CHAPTER XVIII. FASHION AND PHYSIOLOGY
CHAPTER XIX. BROTHER BONES
CHAPTER XX. UNDER THE MISTLETOE
CHAPTER XXI. A SCARE
CHAPTER XXII. SOMETHING TO DO
CHAPTER XXIII. PEACE-MAKING
CHAPTER XXIV. WHICH?
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ROSE sat all alone in the big best parlor, with her little handkerchief laid ready to catch the first tear, for she was thinking of her troubles, and a shower was expected. She had retired to this room as a good place in which to be miserable; for it was dark and still, full of ancient furniture, sombre curtains, and hung all round with portraits of solemn old gentlemen in wigs, severe-nosed ladies in top-heavy caps, and staring children in little bob-tailed coats or short-waisted frocks. It was an excellent place for woe; and the fitful spring rain that pattered on the window-pane seemed to sob, "Cry away: I'm with you."
Rose really did have some cause to be sad; for she had no mother, and had lately lost her father also, which left her no home but this with her great-aunts. She had been with them only a week, and, though the dear old ladies had tried their best to make her happy, they had not succeeded very well, for she was unlike any child they had ever seen, and they felt very much as if they had the care of a low-spirited butterfly.
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"But I don't! I'm afraid of horses, and boats make me ill, and I hate boys!" And poor Rose wrung her hands at the awful prospect before her. One of these horrors alone she could have borne, but all together were too much for her, and she began to think of a speedy return to the detested school.
Phebe laughed at her woe till the beans danced in the pan, but tried to comfort her by suggesting a means of relief.
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