Nora's trust; or, Uncle Ned's moneyGriffith & Farran, 1883 - 156 pages |
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... Sixpence a - day - Mrs Gray has promised me sixpence a - day , please , if I'm a good girl and do my best . ' Ned Stoker considered - his own dinner at the eating - house generally cost him a shilling a - day , so sixpence did not seem ...
... Sixpence a - day - Mrs Gray has promised me sixpence a - day , please , if I'm a good girl and do my best . ' Ned Stoker considered - his own dinner at the eating - house generally cost him a shilling a - day , so sixpence did not seem ...
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... sixpence a - day ? ' ' Oh yes , nicely , uncle , ' said Nora brightly ; ' with no rent to pay , and no schooling , we can live nicely on sixpence , because Mrs Gray is very kind , and often gives me some broken meat to take home . I've ...
... sixpence a - day ? ' ' Oh yes , nicely , uncle , ' said Nora brightly ; ' with no rent to pay , and no schooling , we can live nicely on sixpence , because Mrs Gray is very kind , and often gives me some broken meat to take home . I've ...
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... sixpence , for she had already spent half her shilling on necessary food . ' What will you give ? ' shouted the man as she was leaving the shop . He never liked to lose a customer . Sixpence , please , sir , ' said Nora . ' Well , take ...
... sixpence , for she had already spent half her shilling on necessary food . ' What will you give ? ' shouted the man as she was leaving the shop . He never liked to lose a customer . Sixpence , please , sir , ' said Nora . ' Well , take ...
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... the pet of the little household . Nora made no answer to Susy's remark , but began to consider in her own mind whether she could contrive to spare a sixpence to buy her dar- ling a bit of finery , though she did not 42 Nora's Trust .
... the pet of the little household . Nora made no answer to Susy's remark , but began to consider in her own mind whether she could contrive to spare a sixpence to buy her dar- ling a bit of finery , though she did not 42 Nora's Trust .
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