ISBN: 9781153811989

Excerpt: ...Mamma sent away her maid when we came here, and she says if she had fifty she would like me to do everything I can for myself. I shouldn''t think it was pleasant to … mais…

Excerpt: ...Mamma sent away her maid when we came here, and she says if she had fifty she would like me to do everything I can for myself. I shouldn''t think it was pleasant to have any one put on one''s shoes and stockings for you, should you? No, indeed, said Ellen. Then you live here all the time? Oh yes, ever since papa didn''t come back from that long voyage-we live here since then. Is he coming back soon? No, said little Ellen gravely, he never came back-he never will come back any more. Ellen was sorry she had asked, and both children were silent for a minute. I''ll tell you what! said little Ellen, jumping up, mamma said we mustn''t sit up too long talking, so I''ll run and get my things and bring ''em here, and we can undress together; won''t that be a nice way? CHAPTER XXVIII He that loses anything, and gets wisdom by it, is a gainer by the loss. - L''Estrange . Left alone in the strange room with the flickering fire, how quickly Ellen''s thoughts left Ventnor and flew over the sea. They often travelled that road, it is true, but now perhaps the very home look of everything, where yet she was not at home, might have sent them. There was a bitter twinge or two, and for Pg 291 a minute Ellen''s head drooped. To-morrow will be Christmas eve-last Christmas eve-oh, mamma! Little Ellen Chauncey soon came back, and sitting down beside her on the foot of the bed, began the business of undressing. Don''t you love Christmas time? said she. I think it''s the pleasantest in all the year; we always have a house full of people, and such fine times. But then in summer I think that''s the pleasantest. I s''pose they''re all pleasant. Do you hang up your stocking? No, said Ellen. Don''t you? Why, I always did ever since I can remember. I used to think, when I was a little girl, you know, said she, laughing, I used to think that Santa Claus came down the chimney, and I used to hang up my stocking as near the fireplace as I could; but I know better... Susan Warner, Books, Fiction and Literature, The Wide, Wide World Books>Fiction and Literature The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Subjects: Fiction / Religious; Fiction / Christian / General; History / United States / General; History / United States / State<

ISBN: 9781153811989

Excerpt: ...Mamma sent away her maid when we came here, and she says if she had fifty she would like me to do everything I can for myself. I shouldn''t think it was pleasant to … mais…

Excerpt: ...Mamma sent away her maid when we came here, and she says if she had fifty she would like me to do everything I can for myself. I shouldn''t think it was pleasant to have any one put on one''s shoes and stockings for you, should you? No, indeed, said Ellen. Then you live here all the time? Oh yes, ever since papa didn''t come back from that long voyage-we live here since then. Is he coming back soon? No, said little Ellen gravely, he never came back-he never will come back any more. Ellen was sorry she had asked, and both children were silent for a minute. I''ll tell you what! said little Ellen, jumping up, mamma said we mustn''t sit up too long talking, so I''ll run and get my things and bring ''em here, and we can undress together; won''t that be a nice way? CHAPTER XXVIII He that loses anything, and gets wisdom by it, is a gainer by the loss. - L''Estrange . Left alone in the strange room with the flickering fire, how quickly Ellen''s thoughts left Ventnor and flew over the sea. They often travelled that road, it is true, but now perhaps the very home look of everything, where yet she was not at home, might have sent them. There was a bitter twinge or two, and for Pg 291 a minute Ellen''s head drooped. To-morrow will be Christmas eve-last Christmas eve-oh, mamma! Little Ellen Chauncey soon came back, and sitting down beside her on the foot of the bed, began the business of undressing. Don''t you love Christmas time? said she. I think it''s the pleasantest in all the year; we always have a house full of people, and such fine times. But then in summer I think that''s the pleasantest. I s''pose they''re all pleasant. Do you hang up your stocking? No, said Ellen. Don''t you? Why, I always did ever since I can remember. I used to think, when I was a little girl, you know, said she, laughing, I used to think that Santa Claus came down the chimney, and I used to hang up my stocking as near the fireplace as I could; but I know better... Susan Warner, Books, Fiction and Literature, The Wide, Wide World Books>Fiction and Literature, General Books LLC<

ISBN: 9781153811989

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