Robin Redbreast: A Story for Girls

The two days at Robin Redbreast passed most satisfactorily, and long before they came to an end Jacinth felt completely at home. It would have been almost impossible for her or...

Jacinth was quick of observation. They had not been many minutes seated at table before it struck her that Frances was unusually silent--or rather, absent and preoccupied, for t...

Lady Myrtle was standing in the porch. It seemed to her only fitting that she should come thus far to welcome such a guest, and something in her almost tremulously affectionate...

It was six months now since the arrival at the house in Market Square Place. Mr Denison had been long with the regiment at----No, it does not specially matter where it was in In...

It stood not very far from the corner--the corner where the lane turned off from the high-road. And it suited its name, or its name suited it. It was such a pretty, cosy-looking...

The first Christmas at a strange place or in a new home is always full of mingled feelings. Even when the change has been a happy one, not brought about by sorrows of any kind,...

Barmettle is not an attractive place; though like most places in this varied world it has its interests and even no doubt its charm for many of its inhabitants--its bright and h...

And Francie, during those few days, was her mother's only confidante. Various reasons made Mrs Mildmay decide not as yet to come upon the subject with Jacinth. While still to al...

The questions came from Frances, who had noticed the unusual silence at the breakfast-table--not that they were ever very loquacious, for Eugene had his meals up-stairs and he w...

'Oh, we must be quick!' she said. 'That's Honor and the others calling us; I forgot how the time was going. But Frances, I must speak to you for a moment before you go. Don't fo...

The porch was almost like a room. It had cushioned seats all round, a rustic table at one side, and stained glass, tiny-paned windows. The old lady hurried through it, looking b...

At Thetford the weeks till Easter--it came in the middle of April that year--passed quickly. It is true that every morning, when Frances scored out one of the long row of little...

Southcliff was a very dull little place, especially so in winter, of course. In fine weather there is always a charm about the seaside, even on the barest and least picturesque...

There was an awful pause. Such at least it seemed to poor Mrs Mildmay, who, now that she was not called upon to act for herself, and felt under the protection of her husband, da...

Frances went home that evening feeling very unhappy and terribly full of sympathy, while painfully conscious the while that as yet she must not unburden herself to any one, not...

That Saturday afternoon passed very pleasantly for both the sisters. Jacinth earned her aunt's commendation by her quick neat-handedness and accuracy, and a modicum of praise fr...

There was no question of the old lady's coming north, though in one of her letters she spoke of the gladness with which she would have made the effort had it been possible; and...

There was a great writing of letters during the next day or two at Robin Redbreast. And both Lady Myrtle and the children found it difficult to give their attention to anything...

When people really and thoroughly want to do right, and do not content themselves by _saying_ they want to do so, I doubt if they are ever for long left in perplexity. Jacinth M...