Nell and Her Grandfather, Told from Charles Dickens's "The Old Curiosity Shop"

"It's very late," said the uneasy child. "I wish we had gone before. What will they think of us? It will be two o'clock by the time we get back. What would it cost, sir, if we s...

I. The Old Curiosity Shop II. Driven from Home III. In the Open Country IV. The Village School V. The Caravan VI. The Wax-work Show VII. Nell the Bread-Winner VIII. Trouble for...

The old man looked first at her, then to the right and left, then at her again, and shook his head. It was plain that she was now his guide. The child knew it, and putting her h...

"I was not there by choice," returned the child; "we didn't know our way, and the two men were very kind to us, and let us travel with them. Do you--do you know them, ma'am?"

Then he threw down his stick and book, and dropping on one knee beside her, tried to restore her, while her grandfather, standing idly by, wrung his hands and begged her to spea...