David's Little Lad
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Meade L. T.. David's Little Lad
Chapter One. This is the Story within the Story
Chapter Two. David, I am Tired of Tynycymmer
Chapter Three. Some Day, you will See that he is Noble
Chapter Four. Owen is Coming Home
Chapter Five. Why did you Hesitate?
Chapter Six. Gwen’s Dream
Chapter Seven. Very New and very Interesting
Chapter Eight. I said I would do much for these Children
Chapter Nine. Earth – Air – Fire – Water
Chapter Ten. Little Twenty
Chapter Eleven. They Talked of Money
Chapter Twelve. You are Changed to me
Chapter Thirteen. Pride’s Pit
Chapter Fourteen. The Eye-Well
Chapter Fifteen. That Man was Owen
Chapter Sixteen. The Little Lad
Chapter Seventeen. Sight to the Blind
Chapter Eighteen. Our Father
Chapter Nineteen. A Rich Vein of Coal
Chapter Twenty. The Jordan River
Chapter Twenty One. The Lord was not in the Wind
Chapter Twenty Two. The Lord was not in the Fire
Chapter Twenty Three. After the Fire – A Still, Small Voice
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When I reached the lodge, Nancy, a stout, red-faced Welsh woman, came out to meet me, accompanied by a troupe of wild-looking children, who stood round and stared with open eyes and mouths, for Miss Morgan of Tynycymmer was a great person in their eyes.
“Is my white dress ready? Nancy; I want to wear it to-morrow morning early.”
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“Yes,” I answered absently, for to-morrow’s treat had sunk into insignificance. Then out it came with a great irrepressible burst, “David, I am longing to see London.”
David, who knew nothing of my discontent, who imagined me to be, what I always appeared to him, a child without the shadow of a care, or a sorrow, without even the ghost of a longing outside my own peaceful existence, answered in the tone of surprise which men can throw into their voices when they are not quite comfortable.
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