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This morning, though, Nurse has fallen ill -- and somehow the children manage to break one of their treasured bowls. Then when strangers appear on the lane, while the adults are away, Duke and Pamela's troubles grow greater than their young minds can embrace!Mary Louisa Molesworth (1836-1921) was the author of such beloved children's novels as The Cuckoo Clock and The Tapestry Room.

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ear, and oh how ugly it was! 'Birstle peas' colour they called it, and how ashamed I was of the time I had to wear it. 'Little miss in her birstle-peas gown' was a byword in the countryside. No, my Pamela, I should be sorry to have to dress you in such a gown." "I'll try not to tear my nice white gowns," said the little girl; "Nurse said she would mend it, but it would take her a long time. Grandmamma," she went on, suddenly changing the subject, "what does a 'charge' mean, 'a great charge?'" "Yes," said Marmaduke, who heard what she said, "'a very great charge.'" Grandpapa's eyes grew brighter. "Can they be speaking of a field of battle?" he said quickly. But Duke turned his large wistful blue eyes on him before Grandmamma had time to answer. "No, sir," he said, in his slow earnest way, "it wasn't about battles; it was about us." "She said us was that thing," added Pamela. "Who said so?" inquired Grandmamma, and her voice was perhaps a little, a very little, sh

This morning, though, Nurse has fallen ill -- and somehow the children manage to break one of their treasured bowls. Then when strangers appear on the lane, while the adults are away, Duke and Pamela's troubles grow greater than their young minds can embrace!Mary Louisa Molesworth (1836-1921) was the author of such beloved children's novels as The Cuckoo Clock and The Tapestry Room.