A City Schoolgirl and Her Friends
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Baldwin May. A City Schoolgirl and Her Friends
CHAPTER I. HARD FACTS
CHAPTER II. THE NEW LAIRD OF LOMORE
CHAPTER III. FRIENDS IN NEED
CHAPTER IV. UPS AND DOWNS
CHAPTER V. THE NEW LIFE
CHAPTER VI. IN LONELY LODGINGS
CHAPTER VII. KIND-HEARTED LONDONERS
CHAPTER VIII. GOOD MANNERS
CHAPTER IX. THE ENTERPRISE CLUB
CHAPTER X. BLEAK HOUSE HOSTEL
CHAPTER XI 'THE RANK IS BUT THE GUINEA'S STAMP.'
CHAPTER XII 'SAVE.'
CHAPTER XIII. YOUNG HOUSE-HUNTERS
CHAPTER XIV. OFF TO A HOME AGAIN
CHAPTER XV. EVA'S PRESENTIMENT
CHAPTER XVI. VAVA'S BUSINESS LETTER
CHAPTER XVII. A SUNDAY AT HEATHER ROAD
CHAPTER XVIII. STELLA'S SURPRISING REQUEST
CHAPTER XIX. THE JUNIOR PARTNER
CHAPTER XX. VAVA ON FRIENDS
CHAPTER XXI. EVA'S CONDUCT AND ITS SAD EFFECTS
CHAPTER XXII. DANTE'S IDYLL
CHAPTER XXIII. STELLA'S PRIDE
CHAPTER XXIV. BADLY BEGUN AND MADLY ENDED
CHAPTER XXV. UNDER A CLOUD
CHAPTER XXVI. MORE CLOUDS
CHAPTER XXVII. THE VALUE OF A GOOD CHARACTER
CHAPTER XXVIII. VAVA GETS A SHOCK
CHAPTER XXIX. THINGS STRAIGHTEN OUT
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The three occupants of the housekeeper's room took the unexpected visitors in very different and characteristic ways. The housekeeper became what Vava called more 'feverish' than ever; Stella stared in grave surprise at this liberty on the part of the butler; while Vava grew red with anger, and, guessing at once what it meant, cried indignantly, 'How dare they come walking over our house before we are out of it? Stella, why don't you go and tell David he ought to be ashamed of himself letting them in? What is he thinking of to take such a liberty?'
Stella turned her eyes, which justified her name, and looked at her excited younger sister. She had not understood the meaning of the intrusion until her quicker-witted sister told her, and she was not too pleased herself at old David's behaviour, which even she, quiet and attached to the old servant as she was, felt was taking too much upon himself.
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'Oh of course, we quite understand that, Miss Wharton, and we will have everything put down in black and white by your lawyer,' said Mr. Montague Jones.
Stella, who had taken the seat offered her by her undesired visitor, now rose to put an end to the interview; and then a sudden thought struck her. These people had motored from the south, and perhaps had come far that day – at any rate from the nearest town, a good many miles off – and she had not even offered them a cup of tea, and her Scotch hospitality forbade her to let them depart without doing so much. She accordingly offered it, and Mrs. Jones accepted the offer so gladly that her young hostess felt ashamed of herself; and, ringing the bell, she ordered in tea.
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