A Red Wallflower
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Warner Susan. A Red Wallflower
CHAPTER I. AFTER DANDELIONS
CHAPTER II. AT HOME
CHAPTER III. THE BOX OF COINS
CHAPTER IV. LEARNING
CHAPTER V. CONTAMINATION
CHAPTER VI. GOING TO COLLEGE
CHAPTER VII. COMING HOME
CHAPTER VIII. A NOSEGAY
CHAPTER IX. WANT OF COMFORT
CHAPTER X. THE BLESSING
CHAPTER XI. DISSENT
CHAPTER XII. THE VACATION
CHAPTER XIII. LETTERS
CHAPTER XIV. STRUGGLES
CHAPTER XV. COMFORT
CHAPTER XVI. REST AND UNREST
CHAPTER XVII. MOVING
CHAPTER XVIII. A NEIGHBOUR
CHAPTER XIX. HAPPY PEOPLE
CHAPTER XX. SCHOOL
CHAPTER XXI. THE COLONEL'S TOAST
CHAPTER XXII. A QUESTION
CHAPTER XXIII. A DEBATE
CHAPTER XXIV. DISAPPOINTMENT
CHAPTER XXV. A HEAD OF LETTUCE
CHAPTER XXVI. WAYS AND MEANS
CHAPTER XXVII. ONIONS
CHAPTER XXVIII. STRAWBERRIES
CHAPTER XXIX. HAY AND OATS
CHAPTER XXX. A HOUSE
CHAPTER XXXI. MAJOR STREET
CHAPTER XXXII. MOVING
CHAPTER XXXIII. BETTY
CHAPTER XXXIV. HOLIDAYS
CHAPTER XXXV. ANTIQUITIES
CHAPTER XXXVI. INTERPRETATIONS
CHAPTER XXXVII. A STAND
CHAPTER XXXVIII. LIFE PLANS
CHAPTER XXXIX. SKIRMISHING
CHAPTER XL. LONDON
CHAPTER XLI. AN OLD HOUSE
CHAPTER XLII. THE TOWER
CHAPTER XLIII. MARTIN'S COURT
CHAPTER XLIV. THE DUKE OF TREFOIL
CHAPTER XLV. THE ABBEY
CHAPTER XLVI. A VISIT
CHAPTER XLVII. A TALK
CHAPTER XLVIII. A SETTLEMENT
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Upon reaching home Esther sought to place her bloodroot in safety, giving it a soft and well-dug corner in her little plot of garden ground. She planted it with all care in the shadow of a rose-bush; and then went in to put her other flowers in water.
The sitting-room, whither she went, was a large, low, pleasant place; very simply furnished, yet having a cheerful, cosy look, as places do where people live who know how to live. The room, and the house, no doubt, owed its character to the rule and influence of Mrs. Gainsborough, who was there no longer, and to a family life that had passed away. The traces abode still. The chintz hangings and the carpet were of soft colours and in good harmony; chairs and lounges were comfortable; a great many books lined the walls, so many indeed that the room might have been styled the library. A portfolio with engravings was in one place; Mrs. Gainsborough's work-table in another; some excellent bronzes on the bookcases; one or two family portraits, by good hands; and an embroidery frame. A fine English mastiff was sleeping on the rug before the fire; for the weather was still cold enough within doors to make a fire pleasant, and Colonel Gainsborough was a chilly man.
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'Does it! But it does not look like them, like poppies.'
'This coloured juice that you see when you break the stem, is one of the family marks of this family. I won't trouble you with the others. But you must learn to know them, Queen Esther. King Solomon knew every plant from the royal cedar to the hyssop on the wall; and I am sure a queen ought to know as much. Now the blood of the Papaveraceae has a taint also; it is apt to have a narcotic quality.'
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