Boy; A Sketch [Paperback]

Marie Corelli (Author)

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Publication Date: January 1, 2012

Book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1900. Excerpt: ... to ask. He'had been told that God had made him, -'ft0"*-' and the world, and everything that was in the world, and he was accustomed to say a little form of prayer to this same God every night at bedtime and every morning on rising--the servant Gerty at Hereford Square had taught him to do so, and his "Muzzy" had blandly approved of Gerty's religious zeal. But he had no real conception as to Whom he was addressing himself. The sweet old story, the grand story of the selfless Christ, had been told him in a sort of vague and inconsequent manner, but he had not understood it a bit. One of his petitions to Heaven, invented by Gerty, ran thus: "Dear Jesus, bless father, bless mother, make me a good boy, and save my soul for Heaven, amen!" But he had no sort of idea what his "soul" was, or why it should be so carefully "saved for Heaven." What was the good of his soul? And what was Heaven? Often he thought he would ask Rattling Jack, but he hesitated to do so lest that venerable cynic should empty vials of wrath on his defenceless head for being in such a state of ignorance. And so the days went on, and he was fast becoming used to the companionship of the boy-scavengers on the beech and the conversation of Rattling Jack when a sudden and glorious break occurred in the clouds of his dull sky. Major Desmond came down from London unexpectedly to see his father and mother, and to ask that he might be allowed to go to Scotland and stay a whole month with Miss Leslie at a beautiful place she had taken there for the summer on the fairy shores of Loch Katrine. He was amusing himself by the sea as usual, putting helpless baby-crabs into a glass bottle, when his mother's maid-of-all-work came hurrying down to find him, and, seizing him suddenly by the arm, upset the whole crab family all over the ...

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• Paperback: 80 pages
• Publisher: General Books LLC (January 1, 2012)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0217727921
• ISBN-13: 978-0217727921
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
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