The Girls of Chequertrees

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Marion St. John Webb. The Girls of Chequertrees

CHAPTER I. THE WINDOW OPPOSITE

CHAPTER II. PAMELA RECEIVES A STRANGE INVITATION

CHAPTER III. BERYL

CHAPTER IV. THE ROOM WITH THE LOCKED DOOR

CHAPTER V. MAKING PLANS

CHAPTER VI. MILLICENT JACKSON GIVES SOME INFORMATION

CHAPTER VII. BERYL GOES THROUGH AN ORDEAL

CHAPTER VIII. WHICH CONCERNS A VISIT TO INCHMOOR. AND A WOMAN WITH A LIMP

CHAPTER IX. ISOBEL MAKES TROUBLE

CHAPTER X. PAMELA BEFRIENDS BERYL AND MEETS ELIZABETH BAGG

CHAPTER XI. THE WISHING WELL

CHAPTER XII. IN WHICH ELIZABETH BAGG PAINTS A PICTURE AND ISOBEL HEARS SOME PLEASANT NEWS

CHAPTER XIII. MR JOSEPH SIGGLESTHORNE FORGETS THE DATE

CHAPTER XIV. CAROLINE MAKES A DISCOVERY

CHAPTER XV. ABOUT A BAZAAR AND A MEETING IN THE RUINED WINDMILL

CHAPTER XVI. PAMELA'S WISH COMES TRUE

CHAPTER XVII. IN WHICH OLD SILAS LAUGHS AND ISOBEL DANCES

CHAPTER XVIII. THE DOOR IS UNLOCKED

CHAPTER XIX. BERYL CONFESSES

CHAPTER XX. A NEW BEGINNING

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A few days before the incident occurred which is recorded in the previous chapter, Pamela Heath was standing at the dining-room window of her home in Oldminster (a town about forty miles from Barrowfield). Pamela, like the woman who sat watching the ivy-covered house, was also gazing through a window—but on to a very different scene: morning, a bright January morning, and a busy stream of people passing up and down the sunny street.

Pamela was a tall, slim girl, about sixteen years old; she was very pleasant to look at with her curly, chestnut-coloured hair, tied at her neck with a brown ribbon bow, and her brown eyes and clear complexion, which were emphasized by the dark green dress she was wearing. Strictly speaking Pamela would not have been called pretty—in the sense that regular features stand for prettiness; her nose was a tiny bit square at the tip, and the distance from her nose to her upper lip was a trifle more than beauty experts would allow, and her mouth was a little too wide for prettiness. But those who met Pamela for the first time found her expression of frank good-humour far more attractive than mere prettiness. And when she was in one of her 'beamy' moods (as her brother Michael used to call them)—that is, when she was vivaciously talking, and laughing, and keenly interested in making other people enjoy themselves—then she was irresistible. However grudgingly you admitted it, you found you had to confess to yourself that you were enjoying yourself—when Pamela was 'beamy.'

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Trusting you will be sensible and wire 'yes,'

There was silence for a few moments when Pamela finished reading. She handed the banker's guarantee across to her father, who took it without a word.

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