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Rosa Nouchette Carey. Esther : a book for girls
Esther : a book for girls
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I
THE LAST DAY AT REDMAYNE HOUSE
CHAPTER II
THE ARRIVAL AT COMBE MANOR
CHAPTER III
DOT
CHAPTER IV
UNCLE GEOFFREY
CHAPTER V
THE OLD HOUSE AT MILNTHORPE
CHAPTER VI
THE FLITTING
CHAPTER VII
OVER THE WAY
CHAPTER VIII
FLURRY AND FLOSSY
CHAPTER IX
THE CEDARS
CHAPTER X
"I WISH I HAD A DOT OF MY OWN."
CHAPTER XI
MISS RUTH'S NURSE
CHAPTER XII
I WAS NOT LIKE OTHER GIRLS
CHAPTER XIII
"WE HAVE MISSED DAME BUSTLE."
CHAPTER XIV
PLAYING IN TOM TIDLER'S GROUND
CHAPTER XV
LIFE AT THE BRAMBLES
CHAPTER XVI
THE SMUGGLERS' CAVE
CHAPTER XVII
A LONG NIGHT
CHAPTER XVIII
"YOU BRAVE GIRL!"
CHAPTER XIX
A LETTER FROM HOME
CHAPTER XX
"YOU WERE RIGHT, ESTHER."
CHAPTER XXI
SANTA CLAUS
CHAPTER XXII
ALLAN AND I WALK TO ELTHAM GREEN
CHAPTER XXIII
TOLD IN THE SUNSET
CHAPTER XXIV
RINGING THE CHANGES
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Rosa Nouchette Carey
Published by Good Press, 2019
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The implied compliment was very nice, but I did not half like leaving my things—I was rather old-maidish in my ways, and never liked half measures; but I remembered reading once about "the lust of finishing," and what a test of unselfishness it was to put by a half-completed task cheerfully at the call of another duty. Perhaps it was my duty to leave my unpacking and listen to Carrie, but there was one little point in her speech that did not please me.
"You could talk to mother," I objected; for mother always listened to one so nicely.
