# Hildegarde's Holiday: A Story for Girls

Author: Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe, 1850-1943; Bruce, Josephine [Illustrator]

Genre: Children's Book Series

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24826

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Hildegarde%27s+Holiday%3A+A+Story+for+Girls+Richards&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

In a small waiting-room at Blank Hospital a girl was walking up and down, with quick, impatient steps. Every few minutes she stopped to listen; then, hearing no sound, she resumed her walk, with hands clasped and lips set firmly together. She was evidently in a state of high nervous excitement, for the pupils of her eyes were so dilated that they flashed black as night instead of gray; and a bright red spot burned in either cheek. In the corner, in an attitude of anxious dejection, sat a small dog. He had tried following his mistress at first, when she began her walk, and finding that the promenade took them nowhere and was very monotonous, had tried to vary the monotony by worrying her h...

## Chapters

- [Chapter 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hildegarde-s-holiday-a-story-for-girls-24826/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Chapter 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hildegarde-s-holiday-a-story-for-girls-24826/chapters/9/index.md)
- [Chapter 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hildegarde-s-holiday-a-story-for-girls-24826/chapters/7/index.md)
- [Chapter 14](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hildegarde-s-holiday-a-story-for-girls-24826/chapters/14/index.md)
- [Chapter 15](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hildegarde-s-holiday-a-story-for-girls-24826/chapters/15/index.md)
- [Chapter 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hildegarde-s-holiday-a-story-for-girls-24826/chapters/11/index.md)
- [Chapter 17](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hildegarde-s-holiday-a-story-for-girls-24826/chapters/17/index.md)
- [Chapter 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hildegarde-s-holiday-a-story-for-girls-24826/chapters/10/index.md)
- [Chapter 19](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hildegarde-s-holiday-a-story-for-girls-24826/chapters/19/index.md)
- [Chapter 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hildegarde-s-holiday-a-story-for-girls-24826/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Chapter 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hildegarde-s-holiday-a-story-for-girls-24826/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Chapter 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hildegarde-s-holiday-a-story-for-girls-24826/chapters/12/index.md)
- [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hildegarde-s-holiday-a-story-for-girls-24826/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Chapter 18](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hildegarde-s-holiday-a-story-for-girls-24826/chapters/18/index.md)
- [Chapter 16](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hildegarde-s-holiday-a-story-for-girls-24826/chapters/16/index.md)
- [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hildegarde-s-holiday-a-story-for-girls-24826/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Chapter 13](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hildegarde-s-holiday-a-story-for-girls-24826/chapters/13/index.md)
- [Chapter 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hildegarde-s-holiday-a-story-for-girls-24826/chapters/8/index.md)
- [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hildegarde-s-holiday-a-story-for-girls-24826/chapters/1/index.md)