A World of Girls: The Story of a School
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Meade L. T.. A World of Girls: The Story of a School
Chapter One “Good-Bye” to the Old Life
Chapter Two. Travelling Companions
Chapter Three. At Lavender House
Chapter Four. Little Drawing-Rooms And Little Tiffs
Chapter Five. The Head-Mistress
Chapter Six “I Am Unhappy.”
Chapter Seven. A Day At School
Chapter Eight “You Have Woken Me Too Soon.”
Chapter Nine. Work And Play
Chapter Ten. Varieties
Chapter Eleven. What Was Found In The School-Desk
Chapter Twelve. In The Chapel
Chapter Thirteen. Talking Over The Mystery
Chapter Fourteen “Sent To Coventry.”
Chapter Fifteen. About Some People Who Thought No Evil
Chapter Sixteen “An Enemy Hath Done This.”
Chapter Seventeen “The Sweets Are Poisoned.”
Chapter Eighteen. In The Hammock
Chapter Nineteen. Cup And Ball
Chapter Twenty. In The South Parlour
Chapter Twenty One. Stealing Hearts
Chapter Twenty Two. In Burn Castle Wood
Chapter Twenty Three “Humpty Dumpty Had A Great Fall.”
Chapter Twenty Four. Annie To The Rescue
Chapter Twenty Five. A Spoilt Baby
Chapter Twenty Six. Under The Laurel-Bush
Chapter Twenty Seven. Truants
Chapter Twenty Eight. In The Fairies’ Field
Chapter Twenty Nine. Hester’s Forgotten Book
Chapter Thirty “A Muddy Stream.”
Chapter Thirty One. Good And Bad Angels
Chapter Thirty Two. Fresh Suspicions
Chapter Thirty Three. Untrustworthy
Chapter Thirty Four. Betty Falls Ill At An Awkward Time
Chapter Thirty Five “You Are Welcome To Tell.”
Chapter Thirty Six. How Moses Moore Kept His Appointment
Chapter Thirty Seven. A Broken Trust
Chapter Thirty Eight. Is She Still Guilty?
Chapter Thirty Nine. Hester’s Hour Of Trial
Chapter Forty. A Gipsy Maid
Chapter Forty One. Disguised
Chapter Forty Two. Hester
Chapter Forty Three. Susan
Chapter Forty Four. Under The Hedge
Chapter Forty Five. Tiger
Chapter Forty Six. For Love Of Nan
Chapter Forty Seven. Rescued
Chapter Forty Eight. Dark Days
Chapter Forty Nine. Two Confessions
Chapter Fifty. The Heart Of Little Nan
Chapter Fifty One. The Prize Essay
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The train moved rapidly on its way, and the girl in one corner of the railway carriage cried silently behind her crape veil. Her tears were very subdued, but her heart felt sore, bruised, indignant; she hated the idea of school-life before her, she hated the expected restraints and the probable punishments; she fancied herself going from a free life into a prison, and detested it accordingly.
Three months before, Hester Thornton had been one of the happiest, brightest, and merriest of little girls in – shire; but the mother who was her guardian angel, who had kept the frank and spirited child in check without appearing to do so, who had guided her by the magical power of love and not in the least by that of fear, had met her death suddenly by means of a carriage accident, and Hester and baby Nan were left motherless. Several little brothers and sisters had come between Hester and Nan, but from various causes they had all died in their infancy, and only the eldest and youngest of Sir John Thornton’s family remained.
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“I’ll come to-morrow, if you like,” said Hester.
“Well, dear, well – that must be as Mrs Willis thinks best. Ah, here we are at Sefton at last. We shall look out for you in church on Sunday, my love.”
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