Light O' the Morning: The Story of an Irish Girl
CONTENTS
“Why, then, Miss Nora—”
“Yes, Hannah?”
“You didn't see the masther going this way, miss?”
“What do you mean, Hannah? Father is never at home at this hour.”
“I thought maybe—” said Hannah. She spoke in a dubious voice, backing a little away.
Hannah was a small, squat woman, of a truly Irish type. Her nose was celestial, her mouth wide, her eyes dark, and sparkling with fun. She was dressed in a short, coarse serge petticoat, with what is called a bedgown over it; the bedgown was made of striped calico, yellow and red, and was tied in at the waist with a broad band of the same. Hannah's hair was strongly inclined to gray, and her humorous face was covered with a perfect network of wrinkles. She showed a gleam of snowy teeth now, as she looked full at the young girl whom she was addressing.
“Ah, then, Miss Nora,” she said, “it's I that am sorry for yez.”
Before Nora O'Shanaghgan could utter a word Hannah had turned on her heel.
“Come back, Hannah,” said Nora in an imperious voice.
“Presently, darlint; it's the childer I hear calling me. Coming, Mike asthore, coming.”
L. T. Meade
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CHAPTER I. — NORA.
CHAPTER II. — “SOME MORE OF THE LAND MUST GO.”
CHAPTER III. — THE WILD MURPHYS.
CHAPTER IV. — THE INVITATION.
CHAPTER V. — “I AM ASHAMED OF YOU.”
CHAPTER VI. — THE CAVE OF THE BANSHEE.
CHAPTER VII. — THE MURPHYS.
CHAPTER VIII. — THE SQUIRE'S TROUBLE.
CHAPTER IX. — EDUCATION AND OTHER THINGS.
CHAPTER X. — THE INVITATION.
CHAPTER XI. — THE DIAMOND CROSS.
CHAPTER XII. — A FEATHER-BED HOUSE.
CHAPTER XIII. — “THERE'S MOLLY.”
CHAPTER XIV. — BITS OF SLANG.
CHAPTER XV. — TWO LETTERS.
CHAPTER XVI. — A CHEEKY IRISH GIRL.
CHAPTER XVII. — TWO DESCRIPTIONS.
CHAPTER XVIII. — A COMPACT.
CHAPTER XIX. — SHE WILL SOON TAME DOWN.
CHAPTER XX. — STEPHANOTIE.
CHAPTER XXI. — THE ROSE-COLORED DRESS.
CHAPTER XXII. — LETTERS.
CHAPTER XXIII. — THE BOX OF BON-BONS.
CHAPTER XXIV. — THE TELEGRAM,
CHAPTER XXV. — THE BLOW.
CHAPTER XXVI. — TEN POUNDS.
CHAPTER XXVII. — ADVENTURES—AND HOME AGAIN.
CHAPTER XXVIII. — THE WILD IRISH.
CHAPTER XXIX. — ALTERATIONS.
CHAPTER XXX. — THE LION IN HIS CAGE.
CHAPTER XXXI. — RELEASE OF THE CAPTIVE.
CHAPTER XXXII. — ANDY.
CHAPTER XXXIII. — THE CABIN ON THE MOUNTAIN.
CHAPTER XXXIV. — A DARING DEED.
CHAPTER XXXV. — THE COT WHERE HE WAS BORN.
CHAPTER XXXVI. — “I'M A HAPPY MAN!”
THE END.