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Mary Grant Bruce. The Tower Rooms
The Tower Rooms
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I. I ANSWER AN ADVERTISEMENT
CHAPTER II. I BEGIN MY ADVENTURE
CHAPTER III. I MAKE A FRIEND
CHAPTER IV. I DISCOVER MANY THINGS
CHAPTER V. I WALK ABROAD AT NIGHT
CHAPTER VI. I MEET GOOD FORTUNE
CHAPTER VII. I FIND SHEPHERD’S ISLAND
CHAPTER VIII. I HEAR STRANGE THINGS
CHAPTER IX. I BECOME A MEMBER OF THE BAND
CHAPTER X. I HEAR OF ROBBERS
CHAPTER XI. I SEE DOUBLE
CHAPTER XII. I HEAR STRANGE CONFIDENCES
CHAPTER XIII. I GO ADVENTURING
CHAPTER XIV. I FIND MYSELF A CONSPIRATOR
CHAPTER XV. I SAIL WITH MY BAND
CHAPTER XVI. I FIND A LUCKY SIXPENCE
CHAPTER XVII. I USE A POKER
CHAPTER XVIII. I LOSE MY SITUATION
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Mary Grant Bruce
Published by Good Press, 2021
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“Mind—you’re to come back at once if it isn’t all right,” he said authoritatively. “You understand, Doris?” I nodded—I couldn’t speak. Then the porter yelled angrily at Colin, and he dropped back. I leaned out until the train went round the curve, while he and Madge stood waving on the platform.
I cried a little at first—I couldn’t help it. I had never been away by myself before; it was so suddenly lonely, and they had been such dears to me. It was not pleasant, either, to picture little Madge going back to the flat by herself, to tidy up; then to spend all the afternoon, until Colin came home, over dull old lesson-books. And I knew Colin would miss me: we were such chums. I was missing him horribly already.
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