The Princess of the School is a children's school story by Angela Brazil, set in a girls' boarding school at Chilcombe Hall shortly before Christmas. It follows the Ingleton family and the everyday friendships, lessons and adventures of schoolgirl life. It is worth listening to for its warm, old-fashioned portrayal of boarding-school camaraderie.
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Cover of the original edition (Project Gutenberg, public domain).
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Opening of the book
"I've come to say good-by to you, sis" "i've come to say good-by to you, sis" THE PRINCESS OF THE SCHOOL By ANGELA BRAZIL Author of "The Luckiest Girl in the School," "The Harum-Scarum Schoolgirl," "A Popular Schoolgirl," "The Head Girl at the Gables." Illustrated by Frank Wiles. A. L. BURT COMPANY Publishers New York Published by arrangement with Frederick A. Stokes Company Printed in U. S. A. Copyright, 1920, by Frederick A. Stokes Company
All rights reserved First published in the United States of America, 1921 Contents chapter I The Ingleton Family II A Stolen Joy-ride III A Valentine Party IV Disinherited V The New Owner VI Princess Carmel VII An Old Greek Idyll VIII Wood Nymphs IX The Open Road X A Meeting XI A Secret Society XII White Magic XIII The Money-makers XIV All in a Mist XV On the High Seas XVI The Casa Bianca XVII Sicilian Cousins XVIII A Night of Adventure
XIX At Palermo XX Old England XXI Carmel's Kingdom THE PRINCESS OF THE SCHOOL chapter i The Ingleton Family On a certain morning, just a week before Christmas, the little world of school at Chilcombe Hall was awake and stirring at an unusually early hour. Long before the slightest hint of dawn showed in the sky the lamps were lighted in the corridors, maids were scuttling about, bringing in breakfast, and Jones, the gardener, assisted by his eldest boy, a sturdy grinning urchin of twelve, was beginning the process of carrying down piles of hand-bags and hold-alls, and stacking them on a cart which was waiting in the drive outside. Miss Walters, dreading the Christmas rush on the railway,
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