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Mabel Quiller-Couch. The Mean-Wells
The Mean-Wells
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I. THE WORTH OF A TOOTH
CHAPTER II. A DRIVE AND A PINK PARASOL
CHAPTER III. ON THE ROAD TO LANTIG
CHAPTER IV. A ROOMFUL OF BABIES, AND A GIANT’S CHAIR
CHAPTER V. SWEEPING THE DRAWING-ROOM
CHAPTER VI. MRS. TICKELL, MRS. WALL, AND AN ACCIDENT
CHAPTER VII. LOVEDAY GOES VISITING
CHAPTER VIII. PISKIES STILL LIVE AT PORTHCALLIS
CHAPTER IX. MISS POTTS COMES TO TEA
CHAPTER X. THE FAIRY RING
CHAPTER XI. LOVEDAY AND AARON PLAY AT BEING PISKIES
CHAPTER XII. THE PISKIES CAUGHT
CHAPTER XIII. PRISCILLA PAYS A CALL AND TAKES A JOURNEY
CHAPTER XIV. PRISCILLA PAYS ANOTHER CALL
CHAPTER XV. MR. WINTER
CHAPTER XVI. IN WHICH A GREAT MANY THINGS HAPPEN
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Mabel Quiller-Couch
Published by Good Press, 2021
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“I shall ask father if I may have a hoop,” said Priscilla to Miss Potts. “I don’t think that’s too much. There were two teeth, and both hurt a lot, and oh, how they bled! You never saw such a thing! Much more than Loveday’s! But every one pets Loveday so,” she added, in a confidential tone, “because she is the youngest. They always say, ‘Ah, but she is the baby!’ But she isn’t; she is nearly seven years old, and babies aren’t babies when they are as old as that, are they?”
“Well, dear, you see folks always think a lot of the youngest,” said Miss Potts gently.
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