{"product_id":"2940013182684","title":"A VERSAILLES CHRISTMAS-TIDE","description":"Contents\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     I. The Unexpected Happens\u003cbr\u003e    II. Ogams\u003cbr\u003e   III. The Town\u003cbr\u003e    IV. Our Arbre de Noël\u003cbr\u003e     V. Le Jour de l'Année\u003cbr\u003e    VI. Ice-bound\u003cbr\u003e   VII. The Haunted Château\u003cbr\u003e  VIII. Marie Antoinette\u003cbr\u003e    IX. The Prisoners Released\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE UNEXPECTED HAPPENS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[Illustration: The Summons]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNo project could have been less foreseen than was ours of wintering in\u003cbr\u003eFrance, though it must be confessed that for several months our thoughts\u003cbr\u003ehad constantly strayed across the Channel. For the Boy was at school at\u003cbr\u003eVersailles, banished there by our desire to fulfil a parental duty.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe time of separation had dragged tardily past, until one foggy\u003cbr\u003eDecember morning we awoke to the glad consciousness that that very\u003cbr\u003eevening the Boy would be with us again. Across the breakfast-table we\u003cbr\u003ekept saying to each other, \"It seems scarcely possible that the Boy is\u003cbr\u003ereally coming home to-night,\" but all the while we hugged the assurance\u003cbr\u003ethat it was.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Boy is an ordinary snub-nosed, shock-headed urchin of thirteen, with\u003cbr\u003eno special claim to distinction save the negative one of being an only\u003cbr\u003echild. Yet without his cheerful presence our home seemed empty and dull.\u003cbr\u003eAny attempts at merry-making failed to restore its life. Now all was\u003cbr\u003eagog for his return. The house was in its most festive trim.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47069837066480,"sku":"2940013182684","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013182684_p0.jpg?v=1763577666","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013182684","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}