{"product_id":"2940013537156","title":"A FLAT IRON FOR A FARTHING","description":"CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAP.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI.      MOTHERLESS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eII.     \"THE LOOK\"--RUBENS--MRS. BUNDLE AGAIN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIII.    THE DARK LADY--TROUBLE IMPENDING--BEAUTIFUL, GOLDEN MAMMA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIV.     AUNT MARIA--THE ENEMY ROUTED--LONDON TOWN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eV.      MY COUSINS--MISS BLOMFIELD--THE BOY IN BLACK\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVI.     THE LITTLE BARONET--DOLLS--CINDER PARCELS--THE OLD GENTLEMAN NEXT\u003cbr\u003e            DOOR--THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVII.    POLLY AND I RESOLVE TO BE \"VERY RELIGIOUS\"--DR. PEPJOHN--THE\u003cbr\u003e            ALMS-BOX--THE BLIND BEGGAR\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVIII.   VISITING THE SICK\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIX.     \"PEACE BE TO THIS HOUSE\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eX.      CONVALESCENCE--MATRIMONIAL INTENTIONS--THE JOURNEY TO OAKFORD--OUR\u003cbr\u003e            WELCOME\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXI.     THE TINSMITH'S--THE BEAVER BONNETS--A FLAT IRON FOR A FARTHING--I\u003cbr\u003e            FAIL TO SECURE A SISTER--RUBENS AND THE DOLL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXII.    THE LITTLE LADIES AGAIN--THE MEADS--THE DROWNED DOLL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXIII.   POLLY--THE PEW AND THE PULPIT--THE FATE OF THE FLAT IRON\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXIV.    RUBENS AND I \"DROP IN\" AT THE RECTORY--GARDENS AND GARDENERS--MY\u003cbr\u003e            FATHER COMES FOR ME\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXV.     NURSE BUNDLE IS MAGNANIMOUS--MR. GRAY--AN EXPLANATION WITH MY\u003cbr\u003e            FATHER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXVI.    THE REAL MR. GRAY--NURSE BUNDLE REGARDS HIM WITH DISFAVOUR\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXVII.   I FAIL TO TEACH LATIN TO MRS. BUNDLE--THE RECTOR TEACHES ME\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXVIII.  THE ASTHMATIC OLD GENTLEMAN AND HIS RIDDLES--I PLAY TRUANT\u003cbr\u003e            AGAIN--IN THE BIG GARDEN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXIX.    THE TUTOR--THE PARISH--A NEW CONTRIBUTOR TO THE ALMS-BOX\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXX.     THE TUTOR'S PROPOSAL--A TEACHERS' MEETING\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXXI.    OAKFORD ONCE MORE--THE SATIN CHAIRS--THE HOUSEKEEPER--THE LITTLE\u003cbr\u003e            LADIES AGAIN--FAMILY MONUMENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXXII.   NURSE BUNDLE FINDS A VOCATION--RAGGED ROBIN'S WIFE--MRS.\u003cbr\u003e            BUNDLE'S IDEAS ON HUSBANDS AND PUBLIC-HOUSES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXXIII.  I GO TO ETON--MY MASTER--I SERVE HIM WELL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXXIV.   COLLECTIONS--LEO'S LETTER--NURSE BUNDLE AND SIR LIONEL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXXV.    THE DEATH OF RUBENS--POLLY'S NEWS--LAST TIMES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXXVI.   I HEAR FROM MR. JONATHAN ANDREWES--YORKSHIRE--ALATHEA _alias_\u003cbr\u003e            BETTY--WE BURY OUR DEAD OUT OF OUR SIGHT--VOICES OF THE NORTH\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXXVII.  THE NEW RECTOR--AUNT MARIA TRIES TO FIND HIM A WIFE--MY FATHER\u003cbr\u003e            HAS A SIMILAR CARE FOR ME\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXXVIII. I BELIEVE MYSELF TO BE BROKEN-HEARTED--MARIA IN LOVE--I MAKE\u003cbr\u003e            AN OFFER OF MARRIAGE, WHICH IS NEITHER ACCEPTED NOR REFUSED\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXXIX.   THE FUTURE LADY DAMER--POLLY HAS A SECRET--UNDER THE\u003cbr\u003e            MULBERRY-TREE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXXX.    I MEET THE HEIRESS--I FIND MYSELF MISTAKEN ON MANY POINTS--A NEW\u003cbr\u003e            KNOT IN THE FAMILY COMPLICATIONS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXXXI.   MY LADY FRANCES--THE FUTURE LADY DAMER--WE UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER\u003cbr\u003e            AT LAST\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXXXII.  WE COME HOME--MRS. BUNDLE QUITS SERVICE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e       *       *       *       *       *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMRS. BUNDLE _Frontispiece_\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE LANK LAWYER WAGGED MY HAND OF A MORNING, AND SAID, \"AND HOW IS\u003cbr\u003e    MISS ELIZA'S LITTLE BEAU?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"BLESS ME, THERE'S THAT DOG!\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"MR. BUCKLE, I BELIEVE?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSHE ROLLED ABRUPTLY OVER ON HER SEAT AND SCRAMBLED OFF BACKWARDS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePOLLY AND REGIE IN THE \"PULPIT\" AND THE \"PEW\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"ALL TOGETHER, IF YOU PLEASE!\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIT WAS ONLY A QUIET DINNER PARTY, AND MISS CHISLETT HAD BROUGHT OUT\u003cbr\u003e    HER NEEDLEWORK\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e       *       *       *       *       *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA FLAT IRON FOR A FARTHING\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMOTHERLESS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen the children clamour for a story, my wife says to me, \"Tell them\u003cbr\u003ehow you bought a flat iron for a farthing.\" Which I very gladly do;\u003cbr\u003efor three reasons. In the first place, it is about myself, and so I\u003cbr\u003etake an interest in it. Secondly, it is about some one very dear to\u003cbr\u003eme, as will appear hereafter. Thirdly, it is the only original story\u003cbr\u003ein my somewhat limited collection, and I am naturally rather proud of\u003cbr\u003ethe favour with which it is invariably received. I think it was the\u003cbr\u003efoolish fancy of my dear wife and children combined that this most\u003cbr\u003everacious history should be committed to paper. It was either\u003cbr\u003ebecause--being so unused to authorship--I had no notion of\u003cbr\u003ecomposition, and was troubled by a tyro tendency to stray from my\u003cbr\u003esubject; or because the part played by the flat iron, though\u003cbr\u003eimportant, was small; or because I and my affairs were most chiefly\u003cbr\u003einteresting to myself as writer, and my family as readers; or from a\u003cbr\u003ecombination of all these reasons together, that my tale outgrew its\u003cbr\u003efirst title and we had to add a second, and call it \"Some Passages in\u003cbr\u003ethe Life of an only Son.\"","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47170567373040,"sku":"2940013537156","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013537156_p0.jpg?v=1763582519","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013537156","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}