{"product_id":"2940013208421","title":"A GIRL IN TEN THOUSAND","description":"CHAPTER I.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"You are the comfort of my life, Effie. If you make up your mind to go\u003cbr\u003eaway, what is to become of me?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe speaker was a middle-aged woman. She was lying on a sofa in a shabby\u003cbr\u003elittle parlor. The sofa was covered with horse-hair, the room had a\u003cbr\u003efaded paper, and faded chintz covered the shabby furniture. The woman's\u003cbr\u003epleading words were emphasized by her tired eyes and worn face. She\u003cbr\u003elooked full at the young girl to whom she spoke.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"What shall I do without you, and what will your father say?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I have made up my mind,\" said Effie. \"I don't want to be unkind to you,\u003cbr\u003emother,--I love you more than words can say,--but I must go out into the\u003cbr\u003eworld. I must live my life like other girls.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"You had none of these ideas until you met Dorothy Fraser.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Yes, I have had them for a long time; Dorothy has given them emphasis,\u003cbr\u003ethat's all. Dorothy's mother did not like her to go away, but now she is\u003cbr\u003eglad. She says that nothing has made Dorothy into so fine a woman as\u003cbr\u003etaking her life into her own hands, and making the best she can of it.\u003cbr\u003eBefore I go, mother, I will get Agnes to learn all my duties; she shall\u003cbr\u003ehelp you. She is nearly fourteen; she ought to be of use to you, ought\u003cbr\u003eshe not?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"She would not be like you,\" replied Mrs. Staunton. \"She is very young,\u003cbr\u003eremember, and is at school most of the day. I won't argue with you,\u003cbr\u003eEffie, but it tires me even to think of it.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEffie sighed. She bent down and kissed her mother. Her words had sounded\u003cbr\u003ehard and almost defiant, but there was nothing at all hard or defiant\u003cbr\u003eabout her sweet face. She was a dark-eyed girl, and looked as if she\u003cbr\u003emight be any age between seventeen and twenty. There was a likeness\u003cbr\u003ebetween her and her mother quite sufficient to show their relationship;\u003cbr\u003eboth faces were softly curved, both pairs of eyes were dark, and the\u003cbr\u003emother must have been even prettier in her youth than the daughter was\u003cbr\u003enow.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47069953884400,"sku":"2940013208421","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013208421_p0.jpg?v=1763589521","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013208421","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}