# The Pool in the Desert

Author: Duncan, Sara Jeannette, 1861-1922

Genre: Category: Novels

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1168

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Pool+in+the+Desert+Duncan&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

There were times when we had to go without puddings to pay John’s uniform bills, and always I did the facings myself with a cloth-ball to save getting new ones. I would have polished his sword, too, if I had been allowed; I adored his sword. And once, I remember, we painted and varnished our own dog-cart, and very smart it looked, to save fifty rupees. We had nothing but our pay--John had his company when we were married, but what is that?--and life was made up of small knowing economies, much more amusing in recollection than in practise. We were sodden poor, and that is a fact, poor and conscientious, which was worse. A big fat spider of a money-lender came one day into the veranda and...

## Chapters

- [Chapter 26](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-pool-in-the-desert-1168/chapters/26/index.md)
- [Chapter 27](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-pool-in-the-desert-1168/chapters/27/index.md)
- [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-pool-in-the-desert-1168/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Chapter 20](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-pool-in-the-desert-1168/chapters/20/index.md)
- [Chapter 16](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-pool-in-the-desert-1168/chapters/16/index.md)
- [Chapter 19](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-pool-in-the-desert-1168/chapters/19/index.md)
- [Chapter 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-pool-in-the-desert-1168/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Chapter 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-pool-in-the-desert-1168/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Chapter 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-pool-in-the-desert-1168/chapters/7/index.md)
- [Chapter 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-pool-in-the-desert-1168/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Chapter 18](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-pool-in-the-desert-1168/chapters/18/index.md)
- [Chapter 15](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-pool-in-the-desert-1168/chapters/15/index.md)
- [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-pool-in-the-desert-1168/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-pool-in-the-desert-1168/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Chapter 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-pool-in-the-desert-1168/chapters/10/index.md)
- [Chapter 14](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-pool-in-the-desert-1168/chapters/14/index.md)
- [Chapter 23](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-pool-in-the-desert-1168/chapters/23/index.md)
- [Chapter 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-pool-in-the-desert-1168/chapters/9/index.md)
- [Chapter 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-pool-in-the-desert-1168/chapters/11/index.md)
- [Chapter 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-pool-in-the-desert-1168/chapters/8/index.md)
- [Chapter 22](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-pool-in-the-desert-1168/chapters/22/index.md)
- [Chapter 13](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-pool-in-the-desert-1168/chapters/13/index.md)
- [Chapter 25](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-pool-in-the-desert-1168/chapters/25/index.md)
- [Chapter 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-pool-in-the-desert-1168/chapters/12/index.md)
- [Chapter 24](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-pool-in-the-desert-1168/chapters/24/index.md)
- [Chapter 17](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-pool-in-the-desert-1168/chapters/17/index.md)
- [Chapter 21](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-pool-in-the-desert-1168/chapters/21/index.md)