The History of an Adopted Child, Volume 71A woman relates the story of her childhood and youth. She lived in her grandparents' house until she was old enough to go to a boarding school in the village. One day, she was sent home and discovered her mother had come back, but her mother was ill, and soon died. Her Aunt Simon then took her in, but soon banished her to the servants' quarters. Next, a neighbor next asked permission to adopt her. A letter from her father arrived, and soon she was living with him and his new wife. As a young woman, she began working as an invalid's companion, and, eventually learns that this is the house where her mother fell in love with her father. In this house, she meets a young man of substance, who learns to love her. They marry, and set off to start their life in a house he has bought for her. The road seems familiar, and the circle is complete: her new home is her grandparents' house. |
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... allowed me to sit up once to supper , for the same reason , so I did not at all know what I had to expect . At length my grandfather was able to come down stairs ; he looked very pale , and much thinner than when I had last seen him ...
... allowed me to sit up once to supper , for the same reason , so I did not at all know what I had to expect . At length my grandfather was able to come down stairs ; he looked very pale , and much thinner than when I had last seen him ...
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... allowed me to cry in peace , whilst she looked up a piece of gingerbread to comfort me , and tried to make me admire her large sleek cat , which lay upon the hearth . But it was the cry- ing that comforted me more than anything else ...
... allowed me to cry in peace , whilst she looked up a piece of gingerbread to comfort me , and tried to make me admire her large sleek cat , which lay upon the hearth . But it was the cry- ing that comforted me more than anything else ...
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... , to be too good for a child to play with , and kept it locked up in a drawer , and I was only allowed to look at it occasionally , but when it was decided that I should come to school , my grandmother said AN ADOPTED CHILD . 31.
... , to be too good for a child to play with , and kept it locked up in a drawer , and I was only allowed to look at it occasionally , but when it was decided that I should come to school , my grandmother said AN ADOPTED CHILD . 31.
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... allowed to eat our dinner in any way we chose . The food , as Mrs. Butler had promised , was good , and there was plenty of it , and we were all as hungry as young ravens . After dinner , we were despatch- ed , to play out of doors , in ...
... allowed to eat our dinner in any way we chose . The food , as Mrs. Butler had promised , was good , and there was plenty of it , and we were all as hungry as young ravens . After dinner , we were despatch- ed , to play out of doors , in ...
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... allowed to have my trunk unlocked , and all the girls came crowd- ing round me to see what it contained . Cloth of gold was the least they expected , and its contents were , in reality , far inferior to their own ward- robes ; yet ...
... allowed to have my trunk unlocked , and all the girls came crowd- ing round me to see what it contained . Cloth of gold was the least they expected , and its contents were , in reality , far inferior to their own ward- robes ; yet ...
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