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Chapter 2
2. A French Lesson
When Sara entered the schoolroom the next morning everybody ... stockings on!" whispered Jessie, bending over her geography
also. "And what little feet! I never saw such little feet."
"Oh," sniffed Lavinia, spitefully, "that is the ... like this odd little girl who had such an intelligent small fa...
... THE LITTLE PRINCESS
Chapter 3
3. Ermengarde
On that first morning, when Sara sat at Miss Minchin's ... Sara, she looked a little
frightened; and when Sara stepped forward and, looking at him with the
innocent, appealing eyes, answered him, without any warning, in French, the
fat little girl gave ... walked over to her and spoke. She only said the kind
of thing little...
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Chapter 4
4. Lottie
If Sara had been a different kind of child, the life she led at ... it, because the soft wind is
always blowing. And little children run about in the lily fields and gather
armfuls of them, and laugh and make little wreaths. And the streets are
shining. And ... and pulled her close to her side with a coaxing little laugh.
"I w...
... hands.
"If I was a princess a real princess, " she murmured, "I could scatter largess
to the populace. But even if I am only a pretend princess, I can invent little
things to do ... THE LITTLE PRINCESS
Chapter 5
5. Becky
Of course the greatest power Sara possessed and the one which gained ... woven of deep-sea pearls," she said. "The Princess
sat...
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Chapter 6
6. The Diamond Mines
Not very long after this a very exciting thing happened. ... my little missus were here, I dare say she would give
me some solemn, good advice. You would, wouldn't you, Little Missus?"
One of his many jokes had been to call her his " ;little ... are not little gutter
children. We are both old enough to know b...
...
"Where is my room?" she asked, hoping very much that her voice did not
shake.
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Chapter 7
7. The Diamond Mines Again
When Sara entered the holly-hung schoolroom in ... years. She held out her hand and gave a little
sob.
"Oh, Becky," she said. "I told you we were just the same only two little
girls just two little girls. You see...
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Chapter 8
8. In the Attic
The first night she spent in her attic was a thing Sara never forgot. ...
with her arms, and Ermengarde rolled up in her shawl. Ermengarde looked
at the odd, big-eyed little face adoringly.
"I couldn't bear it any more," she said. "I dare say ... she could, and her silence under reproof, might soften those who...
... THE LITTLE PRINCESS
Chapter 9
9. Melchisedec
The third person in the trio was Lottie. She was a small thing ... among the little ones when it had been
discovered that Sara no longer lived in the rooms in which Emily had so
long sat in state. Lottie's chief difficulty was that Sara said so little when ...
"Was it a ghost?" quaked Ermengarde.
"No," sai...
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Chapter 10
10. The Indian Gentleman
But it was a perilous thing for Ermengarde and ... loneliness greater. When she had been the Princess Sara,
driving through the streets in her brougham, or walking, attended by
Mariette, the sight of her bright, eager little face and picturesque coats ... angry," said Donald, a trifle dismayed, but still firm. "...
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Chapter 11
11. Ram Dass
There were fine sunsets even in the square, sometimes. One could only see
parts of them, however, ... know that you are saying these things to a princess, and that if I
chose I could wave my hand and order you to execution. I only spare you
because I am a princess, and you are a poor, stupid, unkind, ... a quaint civility which often...