{"product_id":"2940013461116","title":"Eight Cousins","description":"Chapter 1--Two Girls\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRose sat all alone in the big best parlor, with her little handkerchief\u003cbr\u003elaid ready to catch the first tear, for she was thinking of her\u003cbr\u003etroubles, and a shower was expected. She had retired to this room as a\u003cbr\u003egood place in which to be miserable; for it was dark and still, full of\u003cbr\u003eancient furniture, sombre curtains, and hung all around with portraits\u003cbr\u003eof solemn old gentlemen in wigs, severe-nosed ladies in top-heavy caps,\u003cbr\u003eand staring children in little bob-tailed coats or short-waisted frocks.\u003cbr\u003eIt was an excellent place for woe; and the fitful spring rain that\u003cbr\u003epattered on the window-pane seemed to sob, \"Cry away: I'm with you.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRose really did have some cause to be sad; for she had no mother, and\u003cbr\u003ehad lately lost her father also, which left her no home but this with\u003cbr\u003eher great-aunts. She had been with them only a week, and, though the\u003cbr\u003edear old ladies had tried their best to make her happy, they had not\u003cbr\u003esucceeded very well, for she was unlike any child they had ever seen,\u003cbr\u003eand they felt very much as if they had the care of a low-spirited\u003cbr\u003ebutterfly.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThey had given her the freedom of the house, and for a day or two\u003cbr\u003eshe had amused herself roaming all over it, for it was a capital old\u003cbr\u003emansion, and was full of all manner of odd nooks, charming rooms, and\u003cbr\u003emysterious passages. Windows broke out in unexpected places, little\u003cbr\u003ebalconies overhung the garden most romantically, and there was a long\u003cbr\u003eupper hall full of curiosities from all parts of the world; for the\u003cbr\u003eCampbells had been sea-captains for generations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAunt Plenty had even allowed Rose to rummage in her great china closet\u003cbr\u003ea spicy retreat, rich in all the \"goodies\" that children love; but Rose\u003cbr\u003eseemed to care little for these toothsome temptations; and when that\u003cbr\u003ehope failed, Aunt Plenty gave up in despair.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGentle Aunt Peace had tried all sorts of pretty needle-work, and planned\u003cbr\u003ea doll's wardrobe that would have won the heart of even an older child.\u003cbr\u003eBut Rose took little interest in pink satin hats and tiny hose, though\u003cbr\u003eshe sewed dutifully till her aunt caught her wiping tears away with the\u003cbr\u003etrain of a wedding-dress, and that discovery put an end to the sewing\u003cbr\u003esociety.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47079449723120,"sku":"2940013461116","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013461116_p0.jpg?v=1763581643","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013461116","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}