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Title: The Rebellion of Margaret
Author: Geraldine Mockler
Illustrator: Arthur Twidle
Release Date: July 16, 2006 [EBook #18844]
Language: English
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THE REBELLION OF MARGARET
BY GERALDINE MOCKLER
AUTHOR OF "THE GIRLS OF ST. BEDE'S," ETC.
ILLUSTRATED BY ARTHUR TWIDLE
LONDON
JARROLD & SONS, 10 & 11, Warwick Lane, E.C.
CONTENTS
CHAPTER
I. Margaret's Dream Friend
II. Margaret overhears a Conversation
III. Margaret starts on a Journey
IV. Margaret makes a Friend
V. Eleanor Carson
VI. Margaret and Eleanor change Names
VII. Mrs. Murray meets the Train
VIII. Maud Danvers
IX. The Danvers Family
X. Eleanor at Windy Gap
XI. A Practical Joke
XII. Eleanor meets Margaret's Aunt
XIII. Hilary turns Detective
XIV. The Hour of Reckoning
XV. An Unexpected Visitor
XVI. Conclusion
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
"Margaret!" said the Old Man, breaking into speech at
last, and in a very harsh voice: "What Folly is this?"
"I am going for a Walk into the Town," she said, shyly
Maud swung round and saw Margaret standing with a
Pile of Letters by her Mother's Chair
Eleanor turned to the Piano, and ran her Fingers
Lightly over the Keys
"That Girl," pointing a lean, accusing Finger at Eleanor,
"is not my Granddaughter Margaret"
CHAPTER I
MARGARET'S DREAM FRIEND
"Margaret Anstruther! Margaret Anstruther! Margaret Anstruther!"
It was a sultry afternoon in early July. The sun was shining out of a
cloudless blue sky, the air was so still and so overpoweringly hot that
it seemed to have sent every living creature, save the owner of the voice
that was calling upon Margaret Anstruther, to sleep, for no answer was
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