Yonge Charlotte Mary. The Pillars of the House; Or, Under Wode, Under Rode, Vol. 1 (of 2)
CHAPTER I. THE BIRTH-DAY GIFT
CHAPTER II. THE PIC-NIC
CHAPTER III. FORTUNATUS' PURSE
CHAPTER IV. TWILIGHT AND DAWN
CHAPTER V. WORKING FOR BREAD
CHAPTER VI. THE CACIQUE
CHAPTER VII. THE CHESS-PLAYER'S BATTLE
CHAPTER VIII. THE HOME
CHAPTER IX. THE THIRTEEN
CHAPTER X. THE FAMILY COBWEB ON THE MOVE
CHAPTER XI. THE CHORAL FESTIVAL
CHAPTER XII. GIANT DESPAIR'S CASTLE
CHAPTER XIII. PEGASUS IN HARNESS
CHAPTER XIV. WHAT IT MAY LEAD TO
CHAPTER XV. WHAT IT LED TO
CHAPTER XVI. THE WINTER OF DISCONTENT
CHAPTER XVII. MIDSUMMER SUN
CHAPTER XVIII. BY THE RIVER
CHAPTER XIX. THE HOUSE WITHOUT PILLARS
CHAPTER XX. VALE LESTON
CHAPTER XXI. A KETTLE OF FISH
CHAPTER XXII. THE REAL THING AND NO MISTAKE
CHAPTER XXIII. SMOKE-JACK ALLEY
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No. 8, St. Oswald's Buildings was a roomy house, which owed its cheapness to its situation, this being neither in the genteel nor the busy part of Bexley. It was tall and red, and possessed a good many rooms, and it looked out into a narrow street, the opposite side of which consisted of the long wall of a brewery, which was joined farther on to that of the stable-yard of the Fortinbras Arms, the principal hotel, which had been much frequented in old posting days, and therefore had offices on a large scale. Only their side, however, was presented to St. Oswald's Buildings, the front, with its arched 'porte cochère,' being in the High Street, as it was still called, though it was a good deal outshone by the newer part of the town.
The next-door neighbours of No. 8 were on the one hand a carpenter's yard, the view of which was charming to the children, and the noises not too obnoxious to their parents; and on the other the Rectory garden, which separated them from the churchyard, now of course disused. It had no entrance towards their lane; and to reach the church, it was necessary to turn the corner of the wall, and go in through the south porch, which opened close upon the High Street.
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It was pleasanter than the other criticism, at bed-time.
'Hollo! Man Friday does not look quite so frightful!' said Felix.
