A Little Princess

and it made me laugh. It did not sound like Watts or Coleridge or Shakespeare at all. No one could ever take Emily’s place, but I should respect the Last Doll very much; and I am sure the school would love it. They all like dolls, though some of the big ones—the almost fifteen ones— pretend they are too grown up.”

Captain Crewe had a splitting headache when he read this letter in his bungalow in India. The table before


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and it made me laugh. It did not sound like Watts or Coleridge or Shakespeare at all. No one could ever take Emily’s place, but I should respect the Last Doll very much; and I am sure the school would love it. They all like dolls, though some of the big ones—the almost fifteen ones— pretend they are too grown up.”

Captain Crewe had a splitting headache when he read this letter in his bungalow in India. The table before


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