Blanche: A Story for Girls
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Molesworth Mrs.. Blanche: A Story for Girls
Chapter One. The Sunny South
Chapter Two. Fogs
Chapter Three. Then and Now
Chapter Four. Pinnerton Lodge
Chapter Five. The Girl with the Happy Face
Chapter Six. The Doctor’s Wife
Chapter Seven. Mrs Lilford’s Tenant
Chapter Eight. Old Scenes
Chapter Nine. Afternoon Meetings
Chapter Ten. At the Vicarage
Chapter Eleven. Ruffled Plumage
Chapter Twelve. A Sprained Ankle
Chapter Thirteen. Millinery
Chapter Fourteen. Monsieur Bergeret’s Letter
Chapter Fifteen. Facing Things
Chapter Sixteen. Stasy’s Inspiration
Chapter Seventeen. A Visitor
Chapter Eighteen. Herty’s Confidences
Chapter Nineteen. Something Important
Chapter Twenty. A Nephew and an Aunt
Chapter Twenty One. Mrs Burgess’s Caps
Chapter Twenty Two. The Tall Old Gentleman
Chapter Twenty Three. At East Moddersham
Chapter Twenty Four. Hebe’s Good News
Chapter Twenty Five. One Sunday Morning
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The old house in Bordeaux was not to be sold, but let for a long term of years. An unexpectedly good offer was made for it, and a very short time after the evening in which in her heart Blanche had bidden it a farewell, the Derwents gave up possession to their tenants. For the few months during which Mrs Derwent’s presence was required in France on account of the many and troublesome legal formalities consequent upon her father-in-law’s death and the winding-up of his affairs, the family moved to Les Rosiers, the little country-house where they had been accustomed to spend the greater part of the summer months.
They would have preferred less haste. It would in many ways have been more convenient to have returned to Bordeaux in the autumn, and thence made the final start, selecting at leisure such of the furniture and other household goods as they wished to take to their new home. But the late Mr Derwent’s partner, Monsieur Paulmier, and his legal adviser, Monsieur Bergeret, were somewhat peremptory. The offer for the house was a good one; it might not be repeated. It was important for Madame, in the interests of her children, to neglect no permanent source of income.
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“I mustn’t begin to be sentimental about our old home,” she said to herself. “Mamma has acted from the very best possible motives, and I must support her by being hopeful and cheerful.”
And she turned brightly to Stasy, who had thrown herself on to a low chair in front of the hearth, and was holding out her cold hands to the blaze.
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