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George Manville Fenn. A Fluttered Dovecote
A Fluttered Dovecote
Table of Contents
Chapter Two
Memory the Second—The Cedars, Allsham
Chapter Three
Memory the Third—Infelicity. Again a Child
Chapter Four
Memory the Fourth—A Terrible Surprise
Chapter Five
Memory the Fifth—I Get into Difficulties
Chapter Six
Memory the Sixth—Germs that Bud
Chapter Seven
Memory the Seventh—French with a Master
Chapter Eight
Memory the Eighth—One of my Sins
Chapter Nine
Memory the Ninth—A Guilty Conscience
Chapter Ten
Memory the Tenth—The Language of Love
Chapter Eleven
Memory the Eleventh—A Catastrophe
Chapter Twelve
Memory the Twelfth—Than next Morning
Chapter Thirteen
Memory the Thirteenth—So very Wicked
Chapter Fourteen
Memory the Fourteenth—Anticipated Joys
Chapter Fifteen
Memory the Fifteenth—’Twixt Cup and Lip
Chapter Sixteen
Memory the Sixteenth—Pangs
Chapter Seventeen
Memory the Seventeenth—In Dreadful Daring
Chapter Eighteen
Memory the Eighteenth—In Terrible Suspense
Chapter Nineteen
Memory the Nineteenth—Our New Guardian
Chapter Twenty
Memory the Twentieth—The New Prisoner
Chapter Twenty One
Memory the Twenty-First—I Suffer
Chapter Twenty Two
Memory the Twenty-Second—Weak Woman
Chapter Twenty Three
Memory the Twenty-Third—The Horror of my Blighted Life
Chapter Twenty Four
Memory the Twenty-Fourth—Fate
Postscript
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George Manville Fenn
Published by Good Press, 2019
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After tea I was summoned to attend Mrs. Blunt in her study—as if the old thing ever did anything in the shape of study but how to make us uncomfortable, and how to make money—and upon entering the place, full of globes, and books, and drawings, I soon found that she had put her good temper away with the cake and wine, as a thing too scarce with her to be used every day.
The reason for my being summoned was that I might be examined as to my capabilities; and I found the lady principal sitting in state, supported by the Fraülein and two of the English teachers—Miss Furness and Miss Sloman.
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