'I thought we were allowed to sit. I mean I thought it was the Shop Act or something that we had ...

This one week's holiday was all that most of the audience could get, they were free for one week ...

'Do you live permanently in yellow evening frocks and court gowns, or have you anything else?'

Judy sat staring out of the railway carriage window. Of course there was a war on, but could any ...

'Yes, and then I'll go over Miss Kay's rooms with either you or the housekeeper.'

There was silence. In it Janet heard the twittering of innumerable birds chatting as they settled...

It was the last day of school term and, though nobody knew it except herself, an important day fo...

'This is our new governess,' said Meggie. 'She's a nice sort of governess. She called us little h...

It is not fun being the plain one of the family. But being the plain one of twins is a wretched p...

To those who saw Saltings first on a hot day in summer-when heat shimmered in the hollows-that ch...

The Marchioness's face changed. ... She turned to Ann. 'What is your name, dear?'

'Dancing is not, as with some of the other arts, a matter of short inspiration and quick effects;...