The Big Nightcap Letters

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Fanny Aunt. The Big Nightcap Letters

PREFACE

THE FIRST LETTER. INTRODUCTION

THE SECOND LETTER. HEEDLESS HARRY

THE THIRD LETTER. POOR RICH LITTLE EVA

THE FOURTH LETTER. ILL TEMPER

THE FIFTH LETTER. THE ROSE CROWN

THE SIXTH LETTER. THE HUNT FOR A STEAMBOAT

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One evening, when all the children, after the usual frolic with Crocus the cat and the tremendous dog, had settled themselves for their "nightcaps," (their meaning of which word, of course, you all know,) the little mother cleared her throat, and paused, for she was feeling for a letter that was in her pocket.

"Something particularly good is coming to-night," whispered George to Anna.

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"Some had polished up a shilling, until it shone like a little crown. Heinrich brought a watch-crystal, which his father had given him, and which he considered a wonder of transparent brightness; and Kline, the rich Hoffmeister's son, had brought a paste buckle, made to imitate diamonds, than which, in his opinion, nothing could be brighter.

"All these things were laid on the schoolmaster's desk, side by side. The shillings shone away famously, the pebbles and watch-crystal did their best, but Kline's buckle was the bravest of all.

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