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  FRONTISPIECE--Mr. and Mrs. Fairchild had three children, Lucy, Emily and Henry.

  Good children 3

  They ran on before 5

  Here were abundance of flowers 8

  "I sat down on one of the branches to eat cherries" 9

  Mrs. Grace taught me to sew, and Mrs. Penelope taught me to read 11

  "How lovely! How beautiful!" 19

  She saw that it was a ring 24

  Henry stood under the apple-tree 25

  There was one he could just reach 27

  Behind the stable 33

  Lucy and Emily 34

  Away he ran into the garden, followed by Lucy and Emily 37

  They went along the great gallery 45

  Emily and Lucy had never seen such fine clothes before 53

  Dressed 58

  At last she fell asleep 59

  She took two or three damsons, which she ate in great haste 61

  "What sound is that I hear?" said Emily 67

  Emily and her brother and sister went to play in the garden 69

  "I'll see now if I can't spoil Miss Patty's smart silk slip" 75

  Looking in the glass, with a candle in her hand 84

  "Please choose a book for me" 87

  Henry reads the story 91

  Marten behaved well at breakfast 92

  A little old lady, dressed in a gray silk gown, came into the kitchen 99

  Marten goes to school 106

  Henri stood at the window 107

  "Do you remember anything of the sermon?" 131

  Miss Betsy 142

  The children looked at the kittens 143

  Drinking tea at the door of the cottage, round the little table 147

  Miss Crosbie spoke kindly to her 150

  In the summer parlour 159

  When Betty returned, Mrs. Howard was well satisfied 162

  The happy little girls went with the dolls into the bow-window 175

  The coach came in sight 181

  Henry looked along the road 184

  He turned away from the terrible bird 189

  Could it be her own--her Edwy? She could hardly be sure of her happiness 199

  "Oh Papa! Mamma! Come to Edwy!" 202

  "She will get amongst the shrubs," said Emily 203

  Emily and Henry gave their supper to the little children 213

  The magpie on the stile 215

  Preparing the peas for supper 216

  A sturdy boy of four, roaring and blubbering 222

  They had a game at marbles 228

  The noise continued till the two brothers were fairly out of the house 231

  Kind Mrs. Burke gave him a piece of bread and honey 238

  Lucy and Emily had now each a doll 245

  Going gaily down the hill 258

  Margot rose and made a curtsey 263

  Meeta offered to carry the honey 285

  "She does not know that I made a slit in my frock" 286

  Cutting off faded flowers, and picking up the dead leaves 297

  Off she ran after him 299

  She saw Bessy amongst some gooseberry bushes 300

  "What! what!" cried Mrs. Goodriche 303

  Bessy was crying most piteously 313

  "At four I shall hope to call for Mrs. Goodriche and Miss Lucy" 319

  Bessy was very sorry to leave her young friends 326

  But when Bernard was actually to go there was such a to-do 333

  "Let us sit here under the shade of a tree" 341

  He took up a slip of wood 353

  There was no end of the indulgences given in private to the boy 354

  Bernard rushed to meet Lucilla 381

  She only seemed anxious that Lucy and Emily should look well 382

  For a long time they were all very still with their toys 387

  In their neatest morning dress 399

  "Will Lucy love me?" said the old lady 400

  "Here, ma'am, you can gather any you like" 408

  It was Emily's step 415

  Grandmamma was very much pleased with Lucy's stories 416

  A hundred years ago 420

  To teach little Francis his letters 421

  "I cannot tell what the child's head is running on" 431

  To hang flowers round its neck 445

  Miss Anne Vaughan led her niece by the hand 446

  "What a bustle there is to get ready on a dancing day" 451

  Henry reminded her of the robin 464

  Someone was waving something white 470

 

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