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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: plunge into conversation somehow. He begins to grow a great fellow, fit for school, almost. Have you made up your mind at all on that subject, Mrs. Trevelyan ? Do you mean to send him to Eton ? He used to be a bright little chap when he was little; but I suppose he's not quite such a polyglot now. He is only nine, said Agnes. He is too young for a public school. Yes, that is true, said Jack; but there is nothing like beginning there early, you know. This was said, not that Jack Charlton had any educational theories, but simply because he had something very serious to say on this subject and did not know how to begin. Mrs. Trevelyan smiled in a faint sort of pallid way?which went to Jack's heart all the more, because he remembered perfectly the time when he had found out first that Trevelyan's wife, though frightened, could smile. She said? I did not know you were interested about schools; but if you will tell me what is the best for him, it will be very kind of you. This, which was so natural a thing for her to say, was so far from having the effect of opening Jack's mind and experience, that it embarrassed him more and more. He used to be a sharp little chap/' heanswered, vaguely; and then grew crimson to his hair, and looked out of the window with much anxiety, not to see anybody, but to hide his discomfort; and then he added, abruptly: I cannot conceal it from you, Mrs. Trevelyan, or open it up gradually, as I ought to do. I ought to have been a ploughman instead of a lawyer. I am afraid I have come to vex you, and I had rather a great deal break my own head; however, I have undertaken it, aud I must give you my message/' What is it ? said Agnes, looking at him. His words woke a faint sensation in her, which was almost too feeble to be...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217769822 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217769829 |
| Weight | 0.57 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.39 In |
| List Price | $10.24 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 170 pages |
| Publisher | |
| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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