The Monthly Packet of Evening Readings for Members of the English Church Volume 26 - Tapa blanda

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1878 edition. Excerpt: ... 'Try! Yes, we may try; but Lizzie is so awfully tenacious of her rights one can't say a word.' 'No, it's not a bit of good to say anything. The only way we can do is to mind her ourselves and then the others won't be so bad.' 'Mind hei% indeed! She isn't my master!' 'Oh, Arthur! Now mother is away!' 'I can tell you, I won't be ordered by Lizzie. I'd help her fast enough, but you see she won't let me, so she may manage as she can.' 'But mamma said we must pull together; and only think if there was a row we could have helped! How worried papa and mamma would be! Don't you think we must try very hard not to let there be any scrapes?' 'I don't mean to get into any scrapes. Don't be a goose! You are getting quite silly. We can't help it, if Lizzie makes a mess. Don't you see Fred is waiting to put the mallets in the box?' Florence wondered what Fred thought, but she did not like to ask. She thought herself it was better to submit to anything from Lizzie than to have an outbreak now her mother was away and anxious, and she hoped Arthur would be magnanimous, and see it in the same light, but his manner was unpromising. She loved him better than any one in the world, except her father and mother, and generally followed his lead in everything, but she felt that if she did so now all chance of peace would be lost. Arthur was a very strong-willed boy, and, to do him justice, generally exerted his will in the right direction, but he was just too old to submit to Lizzie because he was obliged, and did not see any occasion to do so for the sake of the others. So Florence went indoors unhappy and anxious, hoping mamma would come back with papa; which hope proved a failure, for Dr. Restryfe returned alone. Charlie had taken a chill while bathing, and...