{"product_id":"2940013392588","title":"Penrod","description":"CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     I.      A Boy and His Dog\u003cbr\u003e     II.     Romance\u003cbr\u003e     III.    The Costume\u003cbr\u003e     IV.     Desperation\u003cbr\u003e     V.      The Pageant of the Table Round\u003cbr\u003e     VI.     Evening\u003cbr\u003e     VII.    Evils of Drink\u003cbr\u003e     VIII.   School\u003cbr\u003e     IX.     Soaring\u003cbr\u003e     X.      Uncle John\u003cbr\u003e     XI.     Fidelity of a Little Dog\u003cbr\u003e     XII.    Miss Rennsdale Accepts\u003cbr\u003e     XIII.   The Smallpox Medicine\u003cbr\u003e     XIV.    Maurice Levy's Constitution\u003cbr\u003e     XV.     The Two Families\u003cbr\u003e     XVI.    The New Star\u003cbr\u003e     XVII.   Retiring from the Show-Business\u003cbr\u003e     XVIII.  Music\u003cbr\u003e     XIX.    The Inner Boy\u003cbr\u003e     XX.     Brothers of Angels\u003cbr\u003e     XXI.    Rupe Collins\u003cbr\u003e     XXII.   The Imitator\u003cbr\u003e     XXIII.  Coloured Troops in Action\u003cbr\u003e     XXIV.   \"Little Gentleman\"\u003cbr\u003e     XXV.    Tar\u003cbr\u003e     XXVI.   The Quiet Afternoon\u003cbr\u003e     XXVII.  Conclusion of the Quiet Afternoon\u003cbr\u003e     XXVIII. Twelve\u003cbr\u003e     XXIX.   Fanchon\u003cbr\u003e     XXX.    The Birthday Party\u003cbr\u003e     XXXI.   Over the Fence\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I A BOY AND HIS DOG\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePenrod sat morosely upon the back fence and gazed with envy at Duke, his\u003cbr\u003ewistful dog.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA bitter soul dominated the various curved and angular surfaces known\u003cbr\u003eby a careless world as the face of Penrod Schofield. Except in solitude,\u003cbr\u003ethat face was almost always cryptic and emotionless; for Penrod had\u003cbr\u003ecome into his twelfth year wearing an expression carefully trained to be\u003cbr\u003einscrutable. Since the world was sure to misunderstand everything, mere\u003cbr\u003edefensive instinct prompted him to give it as little as possible to lay\u003cbr\u003ehold upon. Nothing is more impenetrable than the face of a boy who has\u003cbr\u003elearned this, and Penrod's was habitually as fathomless as the depth\u003cbr\u003eof his hatred this morning for the literary activities of Mrs. Lora\u003cbr\u003eRewbush--an almost universally respected fellow citizen, a lady of\u003cbr\u003echaritable and poetic inclinations, and one of his own mother's most\u003cbr\u003eintimate friends.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMrs. Lora Rewbush had written something which she called \"The Children's\u003cbr\u003ePageant of the Table Round,\" and it was to be performed in public that\u003cbr\u003every afternoon at the Women's Arts and Guild Hall for the benefit of the\u003cbr\u003eColoured Infants' Betterment Society. And if any flavour of sweetness\u003cbr\u003eremained in the nature of Penrod Schofield after the dismal trials of\u003cbr\u003ethe school-week just past, that problematic, infinitesimal remnant was\u003cbr\u003emade pungent acid by the imminence of his destiny to form a prominent\u003cbr\u003efeature of the spectacle, and to declaim the loathsome sentiments of a\u003cbr\u003echaracter named upon the programme the Child Sir Lancelot.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter each rehearsal he had plotted escape, and only ten days earlier\u003cbr\u003ethere had been a glimmer of light: Mrs. Lora Rewbush caught a very\u003cbr\u003ebad cold, and it was hoped it might develop into pneumonia; but she\u003cbr\u003erecovered so quickly that not even a rehearsal of the Children's Pageant\u003cbr\u003ewas postponed. Darkness closed in. Penrod had rather vaguely debated\u003cbr\u003eplans for a self-mutilation such as would make his appearance as the\u003cbr\u003eChild Sir Lancelot inexpedient on public grounds; it was a heroic\u003cbr\u003eand attractive thought, but the results of some extremely sketchy\u003cbr\u003epreliminary experiments caused him to abandon it.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47082698539248,"sku":"2940013392588","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013392588_p0.jpg?v=1763580837","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013392588","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}