Jasper

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Molesworth Mrs.. Jasper

Chapter One “Stockings.”

Chapter Two “Spoilt.”

Chapter Three. Breaking Bad News

Chapter Four. The New Home

Chapter Five. A Stormy Morning

Chapter Six. Dusters

Chapter Seven. Jasper’s Dream

Chapter Eight. A Catastrophe

Chapter Nine. Prayer-Books, Lost and Found

Chapter Ten. Peter’s Place

Chapter Eleven. A Stern Lesson

Chapter Twelve. Sea-Breezes

Chapter Thirteen. From across the World

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Some half-hour or so after Roland had gone, Lewis, the footman, made his appearance at the nursery door, looking somewhat aggrieved.

“If you please, Miss Leila,” he began; then catching sight of Leila completely absorbed in her book and comfortably established by the fire, he hesitated and turned to Chrissie.

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“She nearly knocked me downstairs and I was coming quite quietly.”

“And in the meantime neither of you has said good-morning to me, and it is eighteen minutes past the half-hour,” Miss Earle continued. “Besides which, you know you should be here before I come, with your books and all ready.”

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