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Hilda and Hildebrand; Or, the Twins of Ferndale Abbey. by F.m.c.w Or, the Twins of Ferndale Abbey. by F.m.c.w. - Softcover
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1870. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER VI. The days, weeks, and months passed very quickly at Ferndale Abbey; and if their dear mamma and papa had not been so very far away from them, the children would have been perfectly happy, for everybody was so very kind to them. Miss Sinclair said she loved them as much as if they were her very own, and that they were getting on so nicely with their lessons, and she was sure papa and mamma would be so pleased when they came back. I don't mean to say that Hilda and Hildebrand were never naughty; they were sometimes, but never for long; and they were always so very, very sorry for it. One day Uncle Robert gave them such a nice book, all full of beautiful pictures, called "The Pilgrim's Progress;" they kept it for their Sunday book, and, next to the Bible, I think it is the best book in the world. Miss Sinclair and Nursie, and sometimes Aunt Isabel and Uncle Kobert, used to read it to them. When they came to places they could not understand, it was always explained to them. And how Hilda and Hildebrand loved that book! Miss Sinclair used very often to read them funny stories, too, out of her book; and they always enjoyed them very much. When grandpapa and grandmamma saw how very much the little Twins delighted in hearing tales told them, they promised that they would each tell them one; and one evening, when they came to the drawing-room for the halfhour before bed-time, grandmamma called them to her, and said she was going to tell them a story which was told her long, long ago, by her grandmother, when she was a very little girl. "This is the story: it is called 'Little Eina,'" said grandmamma; "and I hope you will enjoy hearing it as much as I did. "Long, long ago, in an old castle not far from the sea, there lived a little girl called Eina. Poor...
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- PublisherGeneral Books LLC
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 0217588875
- ISBN 13 9780217588874
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages38
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