... all like her own. She had had a long talk with Emily
about her papa that morning.
THE LITTLE PRINCESS
Chapter 2
2. A French Lesson
When Sara entered the schoolroom the next morning everybody ... like this odd little girl who had such an intelligent small face and such
perfect manners. She had taken care of children before who were not so
polite. Sara was a very fine little p...
... walked over to her and spoke. She only said the kind
of thing little girls always say to each other by way of beginning an
acquaintance, but there was something friendly about Sara, and people ... remembered them, she
did not understand them. So it was natural that, having made Sara's
acquaintance, she should sit and stare at her with profound admiration.
"You can speak Frenc...
...
her majestic authority.
And from that time Sara was an adopted mother.
THE LITTLE PRINCESS
Chapter 4
4. Lottie
If Sara had been a different kind of child, the life she led at Miss Minchin's ... virtue, and if she had not
had a disposition and a clever little brain, she might have been a very self-
satisfied young person. But the clever little brain told her a grea...
... hands.
"If I was a princess a real princess, " she murmured, "I could scatter largess
to the populace. But even if I am only a pretend princess, I can invent little
things to do ... THE LITTLE PRINCESS
Chapter 5
5. Becky
Of course the greatest power Sara possessed and the one which gained ...
"Do you think she doesn't know things?" said Sara,...
... throat.
"Oh, Becky!" she cried out, with a queer little laugh, "I love you, Becky I
do, I do!"
THE LITTLE PRINCESS
Chapter 6
6. The Diamond Mines
Not very long after this ... my little missus were here, I dare say she would give
me some solemn, good advice. You would, wouldn't you, Little Missus?"
One of his many jokes had been to call her hi...
... years. She held out her hand and gave a little
sob.
"Oh, Becky," she said. "I told you we were just the same only two little
girls just two little girls. You see how true it is. ...
"Where is my room?" she asked, hoping very much that her voice did not
shake.
THE LITTLE PRINCESS
Chapter 7
7. The Diamond Mines Again
When Sara entered the holly-hun...
... "Adversity tries people, and mine has tried
you and proved how nice you are."
THE LITTLE PRINCESS
Chapter 8
8. In the Attic
The first night she spent in her attic was a thing Sara never ... the wet streets, carrying parcels
and baskets; she labored with the childish inattention of the little ones'
French lessons; as she became shabbier and more forlorn-looki...
... let
drop, she started late one afternoon on a voyage of discovery, climbing stairs
THE LITTLE PRINCESS
Chapter 9
9. Melchisedec
The third person in the trio was Lottie. She was a small thing ... among the little ones when it had been
discovered that Sara no longer lived in the rooms in which Emily had so
long sat in state. Lottie's chief difficulty was that Sara said so...
... stout, rosy
grandmother, and any number of servants. The eight children were always
THE LITTLE PRINCESS
Chapter 10
10. The Indian Gentleman
But it was a perilous thing for Ermengarde and ... loneliness greater. When she had been the Princess Sara,
driving through the streets in her brougham, or walking, attended by
Mariette, the sight of her bright, eager little face and pic...
... limit. Lavinia leaned
forward on her seat to look.
THE LITTLE PRINCESS
Chapter 11
11. Ram Dass
There were fine sunsets even in the square, sometimes. One could only see
parts of them, however, ... straightened her thin little body and lifted
her head.
"Whatever comes," she said, "cannot alter one thing. If I am a princess in
rags and tatters, I can be a pri...