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Abbeychurch Contributor(s): Yonge, Charlotte M. (Author), 1st World Library (Editor), 1stworld Library (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1421806134 ISBN-13: 9781421806136 Publisher: 1st World Library - Literary Society
Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: February 2006 Annotation: One summer afternoon, Helen Woodbourne returned from her daily walk with her sisters, and immediately repaired to the school-room, in order to put the finishing touches to a drawing, with which she had been engaged during the greater part of the morning. She had not been long established there, before her sister Katherine came in, and, taking her favourite station, leaning against the window shutter so as to command a good view of the street, she began, 'Helen, do you know that the Consecration is to be on Thursday the twenty-eighth, instead of the Tuesday after?' 'I know Lizzie wished that it could be so, ' said Helen, 'because the twenty-eighth is St. Augustine's day; but I thought that the Bishop had appointed Tuesday.' 'But Papa wrote to him, and he has altered the day as Papa wished; I heard Mamma and Mr. Somerville talking about it just now when I went into the drawing-room, ' answered Katherine |
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BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections |
Physical Information: 0.81" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" L (1.16 lbs) 308 pages |
Features: Dust Cover |
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