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This Freedom
This Freedom
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General Books publication date: 2009
Original publication date: 1922
Original Publisher: Little, Brown
Subjects: Fiction / General
Fiction / Classics
Fiction / Literary
Fiction / Romance / General
Fiction / Romance / Adult
Fiction / Romance / Contemporary
Fiction / Romance / Historical
Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text.
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Excerpt: He paused the tiniest space at that and pressed her hand and looked at her. She knew his meaning. If only. . . . He went on: This was a good place, this tutor's down in Norfolk they were sending him to, Harry was sure it was. It was a pity, of course, he couldn't go to another public school; but of course he couldn't; they wouldn't take him; no use worrying about that. This tutor, this man they were sending him to, was a first-class chap. Only took six pupils. Was a clergyman. Understood boys and youths who hadn't quite held their own and wanted special coaching and attention. Huggo was keen on the idea. After all, why shouldn't he have disliked Tidborough? There were such boys who didn't like public-school life. There, there! Perhaps it was the best thing that could have happened. Bet your life this was going to be the making of old Huggo, this change. This tutor and the quiet, self-reliant life there, each chap with his own jolly little bed-sitting room, would prop him up and get him into Oxford when the time came and makehim no end happy and splendid. " There, there, old lady," said Harry, and patted her and kissed her (she'd been affected). " There, there, it's going to be fine. The rest is just up to us, eh? We know the boy's weaknesses. We know what Hammond's told us about him -- home life and home influences and all that stuff, and that's easy; we'll see the boy gets that,...
Original publication date: 1922
Original Publisher: Little, Brown
Subjects: Fiction / General
Fiction / Classics
Fiction / Literary
Fiction / Romance / General
Fiction / Romance / Adult
Fiction / Romance / Contemporary
Fiction / Romance / Historical
Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text.
When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free.
Excerpt: He paused the tiniest space at that and pressed her hand and looked at her. She knew his meaning. If only. . . . He went on: This was a good place, this tutor's down in Norfolk they were sending him to, Harry was sure it was. It was a pity, of course, he couldn't go to another public school; but of course he couldn't; they wouldn't take him; no use worrying about that. This tutor, this man they were sending him to, was a first-class chap. Only took six pupils. Was a clergyman. Understood boys and youths who hadn't quite held their own and wanted special coaching and attention. Huggo was keen on the idea. After all, why shouldn't he have disliked Tidborough? There were such boys who didn't like public-school life. There, there! Perhaps it was the best thing that could have happened. Bet your life this was going to be the making of old Huggo, this change. This tutor and the quiet, self-reliant life there, each chap with his own jolly little bed-sitting room, would prop him up and get him into Oxford when the time came and makehim no end happy and splendid. " There, there, old lady," said Harry, and patted her and kissed her (she'd been affected). " There, there, it's going to be fine. The rest is just up to us, eh? We know the boy's weaknesses. We know what Hammond's told us about him -- home life and home influences and all that stuff, and that's easy; we'll see the boy gets that,...
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