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HELEN'S FAULT - a tale for young people
HELEN'S FAULT - a tale for young people
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An excerpt from the beginning of the first chapter:
" Oh, dear Aunt Eleanor!' cried Helen, running one morning into Mrs. Thornton's room; " it is such a lovely day,—and we finished the hut in the wood yesterday, and we want so much to go and play in it,— need we do our lessons this morning?"
Mrs. Thornton was standing before her glass finishing her dressing, for it was not much past eight o'clock.
" No, you need not," she said.
" But must we do them in the afternoon? it will be the best part of the day," said Helen; " it will be so tiresome to have to leave our play when we have got quite into it. Dear Aunt Eleanor!" in a most beseeching tone, "mayn't we have a whole holiday this once—just this once!" ^ Aunt Eleanor looked rather grave. Her maid saw her face in the glass, as she stood behind her fastening her dress; but Helen did not.
" Yes, my dear," she said, " I will allow you to have a whole holiday."
" Thank you, thank you, darling Aunt Eleanor," cried Helen, clapping her hands. She ran towards the door, and then came back again to the dressing-table.
" Aunt Eleanor," she said, " we mean to have a feast in our hut,—a feast for a housewarming, Maurice says. May we ask Mrs. Hudson to let us have two cheesecakes—two little cheesecakes, Aunt Eleanor?"
" You may, my dear."
" Or may we have four?—it will be only one a-piece."
" Very well."
" And might we have a few strawberries, —just a few,—and a spoonful of white sugar, and Mary's doll's jug full of cream?"
*****
An excerpt from the beginning of the first chapter:
" Oh, dear Aunt Eleanor!' cried Helen, running one morning into Mrs. Thornton's room; " it is such a lovely day,—and we finished the hut in the wood yesterday, and we want so much to go and play in it,— need we do our lessons this morning?"
Mrs. Thornton was standing before her glass finishing her dressing, for it was not much past eight o'clock.
" No, you need not," she said.
" But must we do them in the afternoon? it will be the best part of the day," said Helen; " it will be so tiresome to have to leave our play when we have got quite into it. Dear Aunt Eleanor!" in a most beseeching tone, "mayn't we have a whole holiday this once—just this once!" ^ Aunt Eleanor looked rather grave. Her maid saw her face in the glass, as she stood behind her fastening her dress; but Helen did not.
" Yes, my dear," she said, " I will allow you to have a whole holiday."
" Thank you, thank you, darling Aunt Eleanor," cried Helen, clapping her hands. She ran towards the door, and then came back again to the dressing-table.
" Aunt Eleanor," she said, " we mean to have a feast in our hut,—a feast for a housewarming, Maurice says. May we ask Mrs. Hudson to let us have two cheesecakes—two little cheesecakes, Aunt Eleanor?"
" You may, my dear."
" Or may we have four?—it will be only one a-piece."
" Very well."
" And might we have a few strawberries, —just a few,—and a spoonful of white sugar, and Mary's doll's jug full of cream?"
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