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A story about Sara Crewe, left in poverty when her father dies.
Book Excerpt:
As she sat down in one of the stiff mahogany chairs, Sara cast one of her
quick looks about her.
"I don't like it, papa," she said. "But then I dare say soldiers—even brave
ones—don't really LIKE going into battle."
Captain Crewe laughed outright at this. He was young and full of fun, and he
never tired of hearing Sara's queer speeches.
"Oh, little Sara," he said. "What shall I do when I have no one to say solemn
things to me? No one else is as solemn as you are."
"But why do solemn things make you laugh so?" inquired Sara.
"Because you are such fun when you say them," he answered, laughing still
more. And then suddenly he swept her into his arms and kissed her very hard,
stopping laughing all at once and looking almost as if tears had come into his
eyes.
It was just then that Miss Minchin entered the room. She was very like her
house, Sara felt: tall and dull, and respectable and ugly. She had large, cold, fishy
eyes, and a large, cold, fishy smile. It spread itself into a very large smile when
she saw Sara and Captain Crewe. She had heard a great many desirable things of
the young soldier from the lady who had recommended her school to him.
Among other things, she had heard that he was a rich father who was willing to
spend a great deal of money on his little daughter.
"It will be a great privilege to have charge of such a beautiful and promising
child, Captain Crewe," she said, taking Sara's hand and stroking it. "Lady
Meredith has told me of her unusual cleverness. A clever child is a great treasure
in an establishment like mine."
Sara stood quietly, with her eyes fixed upon Miss Minchin's face. She was
thinking something odd, as usual.
"Why does she say I am a beautiful child?" she was thinking. "I am not
beautiful at all. Colonel Grange's little girl, Isobel, is beautiful. She has dimples
and rose-colored cheeks, and long hair the color of gold. I have short black hair
and green eyes; besides which, I am a thin child and not fair in the least. I am
one of the ugliest children I ever saw. She is beginning by telling a story."
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