Category: Novels
It was seven o'clock on an autumn morning nearly a hundred years ago. A misty October morning, when the meadows looked grey with the heavy dew, and the sky was only just beginning to show pale blue through the haze which veiled it.
'You won't say, what is it I want? but, what is it I've got to do? What have I got to do or to bear, and how can I do it or bear it best? That's the only safe point to make for,...
3. Chapter 3We shall be what you will make us; Make us wise, and make us good! Make us strong for time of trial, Teach us temperance, self-denial, Patience, kindness, fortitude!'--MARY HOWITT.
6. Chapter 6Captain Maitland did call at the cottage, as he had said, the very day after Godfrey's adventure. Angel and Betty felt a little alarmed, for they never had any visitors except t...
2. Chapter 2'Hers is a spirit deep and crystal clear: Calmly beneath her earnest face it lies, Free without boldness, meek without a fear, Quicker to look than speak its sympathies.'--LOWELL.
8. Chapter 8One spring afternoon a gentleman was strolling along the cliff path which led to a little fishing village on the Devonshire coast, some miles from Plymouth. He seemed to be in n...
7. Chapter 7'For though she meant to be brave and good, When he played a hero's part, Yet often the thought of the leg of wood Hung heavy on her heart.'--A.
9. Chapter 9And meanwhile how had it been at Oakfield, little Oakfield, which had its share in the joys and sorrows of those stirring times? Angel and Betty could hardly remember afterwards...
4. Chapter 4It was Sunday afternoon, the fourth Sunday after Godfrey's coming to Oakfield. It was almost the end of October now, but the spell of warm weather which we call St. Luke's summe...
1. Chapter 1It was seven o'clock on an autumn morning nearly a hundred years ago. A misty October morning, when the meadows looked grey with the heavy dew, and the sky was only just beginni...