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Nurse Heatherdale's Story; And, Little Miss Peggy
Nurse Heatherdale's Story And Little Miss Peggy Author:Mrs. Molesworth General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1893 Original Publisher: Macmillan and Co. Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you c... more »an select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER III. TRELTJAN. There were fors and againsts, as there are with most things in this world. Father was sorry for me to leave so soon and go so far, and he scarce thought the wages what I might now look for. Mother felt with him about the parting, but mother was a far- seeing woman. She thought the change would be the best thing for me after my trouble, and she thought a deal of my being with real gentry. Not but that Mrs. Wyngate's family was all one could think highly of, but Mr. Wyngate's great fortune had been made in trade, and there was a little more talk and thought of riches and display among them than quite suited mother's ideas, and she had sometimes feared it spoiling me. " The wages I wouldn't put first," she said. " A good home and simple ways among real gentlefolk -- that's what I'd choose for thee, my girl. And the children are good children and not silly spoilt things, and straightforward and well-bred, I take it ? " " All that and more," I answered. " If anything, they've been a bit too strict brought up, I'd say. If I go to them I shall try to make Miss Lally brightenup -- not that she's a dull child, but she has the look of taking things to heart more than one likes to see at her age. And poor Master Francis -- I'm sure he'd be none the worse of a little petting -- so delicate as he is and his lameness." " You'll find your work to do, if you go -- no fear," said mother. " Maybe it's a call." I got to think so myself -- and when my lady wrote that all she heard from Mrs. Wyngate was most satisfactory, I made up my mind to accept her off...« less