The Dorrance Domain
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Wells Carolyn. The Dorrance Domain
CHAPTER I. COOPED UP
CHAPTER II. REBELLIOUS HEARTS
CHAPTER III. DOROTHY'S PLAN
CHAPTER IV. THE DEPARTURE
CHAPTER V. THE MAMIE MEAD
CHAPTER VI. THE DORRANCE DOMAIN
CHAPTER VII. MR. HICKOX
CHAPTER VIII. MRS. HICKOX
CHAPTER IX. THE FLOATING BRIDGE
CHAPTER X. THE HICKOXES AT HOME
CHAPTER XI. SIX INVITATIONS
CHAPTER XII. GUESTS FOR ALL
CHAPTER XIII. AN UNWELCOME LETTER
CHAPTER XIV. FINANCIAL PLANS
CHAPTER XV. A SUDDEN DETERMINATION
CHAPTER XVI. A DARING SCHEME
CHAPTER XVII. REGISTERED GUESTS
CHAPTER XVIII. AMBITIONS
CHAPTER XIX. THE VAN ARSDALE LADIES
CHAPTER XX. A REAL HOTEL
CHAPTER XXI. UPS AND DOWNS
CHAPTER XXII. TWO BOYS AND A BOAT
CHAPTER XXIII. AN UNWELCOME PROPOSITION
CHAPTER XXIV. DOROTHY'S REWARD
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Although Mrs. Cooper's boarders were privileged to sit in the parlor in the evening, the Dorrances rarely availed themselves of this permission. For the atmosphere of the formal and over-punctilious drawing-room was even more depressing than that of the dining-room. And even had the children wanted to stay there, which they didn't, Mrs. Dorrance would have been afraid that their irrepressible gayety would have been too freely exhibited. And another thing, they had to study their next day's lessons, for their hours between school and dinner-time were always spent out of doors.
And so every evening they congregated in their grandmother's room, and were studious or frivolous as their mood dictated.
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"But grandma," said Leicester, with a great desire to be businesslike, "can't we find a place to board in the country, for just the same price as we pay here?"
"No, it always costs a little more per week at any summer place than in the city. And that is not all; there are the traveling expenses, and you'd all need new summer clothes, and there are many extra expenses, such as laundry work, and things that you children know nothing about."
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