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Mabel Fox; Or, Love Wins (Paperback)
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Discovery Miles 3 120
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Mabel Fox; Or, Love Wins (Paperback)
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Loot Price R312
Discovery Miles 3 120
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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.1881 Excerpt: ... CHAPTER X. MABEL S REWARD. 0 one
could be better fitted than Caroline Rose to take care of Mabel.
Mrs Fox at first refused to let any one share with her the nursing
of her darling; but when Miss Rose pointed out how impossible it
would be for her to take the whole care of Mabel whilst she had the
other children, who needed constant attention; when she urged, with
gentle firmness, the importance of perfect quiet, the mother
finally yielded and gave her the whole charge of her child. Day
after day passed, and no ray of consciousness came to Mabel. She
lay upon the bed, her eyes half open, her breath coming so faintly
she scarce seemed to breathe at all; and ever and anon the watcher
put a small mirror to her lips to see if there really was life. Her
arms were crossed upon her breast, and she looked like a marble
statue. Miss Rose wet her mouth often, and put occasionally a few
drops of milk between her closed lips. How long seemed the days and
hours whilst this precious life hung upon such a slender thread.
The poor grandmother went and came, haunting the room, unable to do
anything except to pray with an agony of dread for the child's
life. Not a word had been heard from Mr Fox since the day of the
accident. No one would have known anything about him had not Miss
Rose, by chance, got a clue. Mabel's room opened out upon a
terrace; and the first night of the accident Miss Rose was startled
by a creaking of the blind. They were movable ones, and, looking
quickly up, she saw it turn so that a person outside could look in.
Her first impulse was to scream; but, having perfect control of her
nerves, she kept quiet, retreating a little into the shadow. A
gleam of light fell upon the window, and she saw just enough to be
convinced it was Joe Fox, thus stealing in to...
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Imprint: |
General Books LLC
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
February 2012 |
First published: |
February 2012 |
Authors: |
Mabel Fox
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Dimensions: |
246 x 189 x 1mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
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Pages: |
20 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-154-51576-3 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
1-154-51576-1 |
Barcode: |
9781154515763 |
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