Complete Works of Robert Louis Stevenson (Illustrated) (484 page)
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Authors: ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
Esther made a movement towards the door, but long before she reached it she had broken forth sobbing.
‘It is all right,’ said the Admiral; ‘I understand the sex.
Let me make you my compliments, Mr. Naseby.’
The Squire was too much relieved to be angry.
‘My dear,’ said he to Esther, ‘you must not agitate yourself.’
‘She had better go up and see him right away,’ suggested Van
Tromp.
‘I had not ventured to propose it,’ replied the Squire. ‘LES
CONVENANCES, I believe - ‘
‘JE M’EN FICHE,’ cried the Admiral, snapping his fingers.
‘She shall go and see my friend Dick. Run and get ready,
Esther.’
Esther obeyed.
‘She has not - has not run away again?’ inquired Mr. Naseby, as soon as she was gone.
‘No,’ said Van Tromp, ‘not again. She is a devilish odd girl though, mind you that.’
‘But I cannot stomach the man with the carbuncles,’ thought the Squire.
And this is why there is a new household and a brand-new baby in Naseby Dower House; and why the great Van Tromp lives in pleasant style upon the shores of England; and why twenty-six individual copies of the THYMEBURY STAR are received daily at the door of Naseby Ho
The Short Stories
CHRONOLGOICAL LIST OF SHORT STORIES
A LODGING FOR THE NIGHT - A STORY OF FRANCIS VILLON
THE SQUIRE OF DAMES (Concluded)
NARRATIVE OF THE SPIRITED OLD LADY
THE SUPERFLUOUS MANSION (Continued).
ZERO’S TALE OF THE EXPLOSIVE BOMB
THE CITIZEN AND THE TRAVELLER.
THE CART-HORSES AND THE SADDLE-HORSE.
FAITH, HALF FAITH AND NO FAITH AT ALL.
THE MISADVENTURES OF JOHN NICHOLSON
ALPHABETICAL LIST OF SHORT STORIES
A LODGING FOR THE NIGHT - A STORY OF FRANCIS VILLON
FAITH, HALF FAITH AND NO FAITH AT ALL.
NARRATIVE OF THE SPIRITED OLD LADY
THE CART-HORSES AND THE SADDLE-HORSE.
THE CITIZEN AND THE TRAVELLER.
THE MISADVENTURES OF JOHN NICHOLSON
THE SQUIRE OF DAMES (Concluded)
THE SUPERFLUOUS MANSION (Continued).
ZERO’S TALE OF THE EXPLOSIVE BOMB
The Poetry Collections
Robert Louis Stevenson Memorial, Edinburgh.
A CHILD’S GARDEN OF VERSES
This collection of poetry for children was first published in 1885 under the title
Penny Whistles
. It contains 69 poems, many of which have since become popular favourites.
The first illustrated edition
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