The Girls Own Paper
How the next fortnight passed, Roy never afterwards could recall. He was sick and dazed with the shock he had had, grieving for Will Peirce, and all but hopeless. He had ceased to care for food, and, though he slept much, passing hours at a time in heavy doze, it was not the k...
The plans for our house were finished. We had been very fortunate in the choice of our architect, and he had delighted us by working into them, with great taste, all the peculia...
1. CHAPTER XXIV.How the next fortnight passed, Roy never afterwards could recall. He was sick and dazed with the shock he had had, grieving for Will Peirce, and all but hopeless. He had ceased...
2. CHAPTER XXIII.While the young folks had been enjoying themselves in the ball-room, their elders had found the time hang somewhat heavily on their hands. The evening had not been so interestin...
3. PART IV.The locusts we take as an instance of what unity in action—co-operation, in fact—can effect. “They have,” says the wise man, “no king, yet they go forth all of them by bands.” C...
4. CHAPTER II.Sunday came, and with it a fine dry day, causing Mrs. Duncan to congratulate herself upon her good fortune. She was a martyr to rheumatism in damp weather, and obliged consequen...