The Dorrance Domain

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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