Dorothy at Oak Knowe
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Raymond Evelyn. Dorothy at Oak Knowe
CHAPTER I. ON THE ROAD TO OAK KNOWE
CHAPTER II. UNFORTUNATE BEGINNINGS
CHAPTER III. PEERS AND COMMONS
CHAPTER IV. THE GILPINS HAVE A PARTY
CHAPTER V. THE FRIGHT OF MILLIKINS-PILLIKINS
CHAPTER VI. AT THE FALL OF THE MAIDEN’S BATH
CHAPTER VII. ALL HALLOW EVE FESTIVITIES
CHAPTER VIII. PEER AND COMMONER
CHAPTER IX. THE NIGHT THAT FOLLOWED
CHAPTER X. OPEN CONFESSION IS GOOD FOR THE SOUL
CHAPTER XI. WHAT CAME WITH THE SNOW AND ICE
CHAPTER XII. JOHN GILPIN JOINS THE SPORT
CHAPTER XIII. A BAD DAY FOR JOHN GILPIN
CHAPTER XIV. EXPLANATIONS ARE IN ORDER
CHAPTER XV. MRS. JARLEY ENTERTAINS
CHAPTER XVI. A PERPLEXING PROBLEM OF LIFE
CHAPTER XVII. COMMENCEMENT; AND CONCLUSION
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Even the most cultured Lady Principals do not enjoy being roused from their slumbers, an hour after midnight, by the tooting of a motor car beneath their bedroom windows. It was annoying to have to dress again and descend to a dimly-lighted reception room to receive a new pupil who had missed a train, on the route, and misdirected her telegram. Nor was there anything prepossessing about this especial girl, whose clothes steamed with moisture and whose travel-soiled cheeks were streaked by raindrops and tears. So it was small wonder that Dorothy’s reception by Miss Muriel Tross-Kingdon was decidedly cool and crisp.
“This is really unprecedented, Miss Calvert. I cannot understand how any young lady, whose friends consider her intelligent enough to travel alone, could have made such stupid blunders, as you have. At the point where you knew you were to change trains, why did you not keep watch and inquire for direction?”
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“To make a place for Robin to lie on.”
“What Robin?”
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