{"product_id":"2940013358324","title":"MONITRESS MERLE","description":"CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI.     A LAST BATHE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eII.    A SCHOOL BALLOT\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIII.   THE NEW MONITRESS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIV.    CHAGMOUTH FOLK\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eV.     MISS MITCHELL, B.A.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVI.    FISHERMAIDENS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVII.   MUSICAL STARS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVIII.  YULE-TIDE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIX.    FACING THE FOOTLIGHTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eX.     THE MUMPS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXI.    BAMBERTON FERRY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXII.   FIFTH FORM JUSTICE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXIII.  \"THE KITTIWAKE\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXIV.   THE HAUNTED TREE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXV.    LEAVE-TAKINGS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXVI.   THE TADPOLE CLUB\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXVII.  THE FOURTH OF JULY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXVIII. LOVE-IN-A-MIST\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Last Bathe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe warm, mellow September sunshine was streaming over the irregular\u003cbr\u003eroofs and twisted chimneys of the little town of Chagmouth, and was\u003cbr\u003eglinting on the water in the harbour, and sending gleaming, straggling,\u003cbr\u003esilver lines over the deep reflections of the shipping moored by the side\u003cbr\u003eof the jetty. The rising tide, lapping slowly and gently in from the\u003cbr\u003eocean, was floating the boats beached on the shingle, and was gradually\u003cbr\u003edriving back the crowd of barefooted children who had ventured out in\u003cbr\u003esearch of mussels, and was sending them, shrieking with mirth, scampering\u003cbr\u003eup the seaweed-covered steps that led to the fish market. On the crag-top\u003cbr\u003eabove the town the corn had been cut, and harvesters were busy laying the\u003cbr\u003esheaves together in stooks. The yellow fields shone in the afternoon\u003cbr\u003elight as if the hill were crowned with gold.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWalking along the narrow cobbled path that led past the harbour and up on\u003cbr\u003eto the cliff, Mavis and Merle looked at the scene around with that sense\u003cbr\u003eof rejoicing proprietorship with which we are wont to revisit the pet\u003cbr\u003eplace of our adoption. It was two whole months since they had been in\u003cbr\u003eChagmouth, and as they both considered the little town to be the absolute\u003cbr\u003ehub of the universe it was really a great event to find themselves once\u003cbr\u003emore in its familiar streets. They had spent the summer holidays with\u003cbr\u003etheir father and mother in the north, and had come back to Durracombe\u003cbr\u003ejust in time for the reopening of school. On this first Saturday after\u003cbr\u003etheir return to Devonshire they had motored with Uncle David to his\u003cbr\u003ebranch surgery at Chagmouth, and were looking forward to several hours of\u003cbr\u003eamusement while he visited his patients at the sanatorium.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47082688446704,"sku":"2940013358324","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013358324_p0.jpg?v=1763579897","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013358324","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}