Turquoise and Ruby

For a few days Mrs Hazlitt examined the post box, but there was no letter of any sort from Penelope. In the end, she was obliged to confess to Deborah that she had been--she sup...

On the morning after the prize-giving day at Hazlitt Chase, Penelope rose with a headache. There was a great deal of bustle and excitement in the school, for nearly all the girl...

Notwithstanding that fear, however, on the following morning the pretty governess looked gay enough. They were to have a delightful day; there was no real danger; no one could p...

Nothing at all happened to Brenda of the least importance during her journey to Hazlitt Chase. She went second-class as far as Rocheford. There she changed for first-class, for...

The Amberleys were really fond of each other. They were worldly little creatures, and had never been trained in high principles of any sort; but they clung together, as motherle...

Mrs Dawson was seated with that copy of the _Standard_ which contained the advertisement for the gold bangle open on her knee. She had read the advertisement not only once, but...

Mr Amberley was one of the most unsuspicious of men, but he, too, had his own slightly cunning ways. He allowed Brenda so much money each week for housekeeping, and it must be s...

Meanwhile, at the old rectory at Harroway, the girls who were left behind were passing a day not without a certain interest. It was Nina who began all the excitement. Their fath...

Brenda and her three pupils had arrived two or three days before at Marshlands-on-the-Sea. It cannot be said their lodgings were exactly "chic," for the Reverend Josiah could no...

The two younger Amberleys were in a state of great agitation during supper. Had Brenda not been intensely preoccupied, she must have noticed this. Little Nina was too restless t...

During the night that followed, most of the girls at Hazlitt Chase slept soundly. The day through which they had just lived was conducive to healthy slumber. There was nothing t...

"Please, Mademoiselle, promise me something," said Penelope. "You have told me the story, and I am obliged to you. I will let you know what I myself mean to do to-morrow morning."

On the following evening five girls might have been seen all busily employed writing to their respective friends. These girls were the five who had been elected to take the part...

"But you'd better be quick about it, for we mean always to live well in the future. Joey and I think that we might order a crab for supper to-night--papa loves crabs."

Mademoiselle was very restless. She had confided a little bit of her interview with Penelope to Mrs Dawson, and Mrs Dawson had much approved of what the Frenchwoman had done. Th...

Brenda was looking eagerly forward to the evening. A great deal would depend on the evening, for then she would see Harry Jordan again, and find out whether he was impressed or...

"Nora, Nora! Where are you?" called a clear, girlish voice, and Cara Burt dashed headlong into a pretty bedroom all draped in white, where a tall girl was standing by an open wi...

During the days that elapsed between the purchase of the pale blue silk and the grand fete at Mrs Hazlitt's school, it may well be supposed that Brenda Carlton was very busy. No...

The excitement of the school knew no bounds. Hazlitt Chase was not a house divided against itself. All the girls loved all the other girls. Hitherto, there had never been a spli...

Castle Beverley was even a more delightful place than Penelope had the least idea of before she arrived at it. She had her own vivid imagination, and had pictured the old castle...

Brenda and Fanchon had by no means a very satisfactory evening out. Harry Jordan was not quite as _empresse_ as usual; the fact being that he had not the most remote intention o...

"Five pounds, indeed, from me because she gets the very best part in the tableaux!" exclaimed Susanna. "Well, girls: this ought to settle us. We had best give up `A Dream of Fai...

Nina was very poorly the next day and was forced to stay in bed. She could not eat any of the good things which had been provided for breakfast, and thought of herself as a much...

She thought that an angel came into her room and looked down at her, and gave her the choice between the downward and the upward roads. The angel carried a crown in his hand; an...