The Old Pincushion: or, Aunt Clotilda's Guests

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Molesworth Mrs.. The Old Pincushion: or, Aunt Clotilda's Guests

CHAPTER I. THE LETTER WITH BAD NEWS

CHAPTER II. PHILIPPA'S IDEA

CHAPTER III. AUNT CLOTILDA'S REPLY

CHAPTER IV. AT TY-GWYN

CHAPTER V. A GRAVE PREDICAMENT

CHAPTER VI. THE WHITE HOUSE AT LAST

CHAPTER VII. BREAKFAST IN BED

CHAPTER VIII. NEWS FROM PHILIPPA

CHAPTER IX. THE COTTAGE NEAR THE CREEK

CHAPTER X. A PLAGUE OF FEATHERS

CHAPTER XI. THE PINCUSHION MANUFACTORY

CHAPTER XII. FOUND

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Kathleen was met at the schoolroom door by a little, pale-faced, fair-haired girl, who was just coming out.

'Oh, Kathie!' she said anxiously, 'do be quick if you're not ready for dinner. The bell's just going to ring. Have you washed your hands? No? Then let's go at once.'

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'What a shame it seems!' was Philippa's first remark. 'All to go to somebody that doesn't need it. How unfair it is! Kathie, if he was really a very good, nice man, don't you think he'd give it all back to your father?'

'Papa wouldn't take it, not from him,' said Kathie indignantly, though, truth to tell, her own first idea on hearing the story had been a similar one; 'and besides – that other man's got children, and Neville says there's some law that you can't give away what comes to you if you've got children.'

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