{"product_id":"2940013083578","title":"BEYOND THE CITY","description":"CHAPTER I. THE NEW-COMERS.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"If you please, mum,\" said the voice of a domestic from somewhere round\u003cbr\u003ethe angle of the door, \"number three is moving in.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTwo little old ladies, who were sitting at either side of a table,\u003cbr\u003esprang to their feet with ejaculations of interest, and rushed to the\u003cbr\u003ewindow of the sitting-room.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Take care, Monica dear,\" said one, shrouding herself in the lace\u003cbr\u003ecurtain; \"don't let them see us.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"No, no, Bertha. We must not give them reason to say that their\u003cbr\u003eneighbors are inquisitive. But I think that we are safe if we stand like\u003cbr\u003ethis.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe open window looked out upon a sloping lawn, well trimmed and\u003cbr\u003epleasant, with fuzzy rosebushes and a star-shaped bed of sweet-william.\u003cbr\u003eIt was bounded by a low wooden fence, which screened it off from a\u003cbr\u003ebroad, modern, new metaled road. At the other side of this road were\u003cbr\u003ethree large detached deep-bodied villas with peaky eaves and small\u003cbr\u003ewooden balconies, each standing in its own little square of grass and\u003cbr\u003eof flowers. All three were equally new, but numbers one and two were\u003cbr\u003ecurtained and sedate, with a human, sociable look to them; while number\u003cbr\u003ethree, with yawning door and unkempt garden, had apparently only just\u003cbr\u003ereceived its furniture and made itself ready for its occupants. A\u003cbr\u003efour-wheeler had driven up to the gate, and it was at this that the old\u003cbr\u003eladies, peeping out bird-like from behind their curtains, directed an\u003cbr\u003eeager and questioning gaze.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47079178895600,"sku":"2940013083578","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013083578_p0.jpg?v=1763576730","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013083578","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}