Dumps — A Plain Girl by L. T. Meade
"Dumps" has lost her mother; and her father, a very learned man, allows the young girl to live too much her own life. Having difficulty becoming reconciled to her new step-mother, Grace Donnithorne, she is sent to school in France, where she suffers through breaking the rules. When her father becomes very ill, will it bring Dumps together with her step-mother at last..?
Table of Content
Part I
Chapter 1 A Lesson in Patience
Chapter 4 Miss Grace Donnithorne
Chapter 5 The Professor Chooses a Dress
Chapter 9 The Professor Leaves Home
Chapter 12 Discussing the New Mother
Chapter 13 Putting the House in Order
Chapter 14 The Professor’s Return
Part II
Chapter 1 The New Order of Things
Chapter 2 A Quarterly Allowance
Chapter 3 Christmas in the Country
Chapter 10 The Professor’s Letter