New Treasure
New Treasure Seekers; Or, The Bastable Children in Search of a Fortune
作者：Nesbit, E. (Edith), 1858-1924
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共 116 题- NEW TREASURE SEEKERS
- NEW TREASURE SEEKERS
- Or The Bastable Children in Search of a Fortune
- With Illustrations by Gordon Browne and Lewis Baumer [Illustration]
- NEW TREASURE SEEKERS
- CONTENTS
- THE CONSCIENCE-PUDDING 37
- ARCHIBALD THE UNPLEASANT 62
- OVER THE WATER TO CHINA 88
- THE YOUNG ANTIQUARIES 113
- THE INTREPID EXPLORER AND HIS LIEUTENANT 136
- THE TURK IN CHAINS; OR, RICHARD'S REVENGE 161
- THE GOLDEN GONDOLA 185
- THE FLYING LODGER 209
- THE SMUGGLER'S REVENGE 236
- ZAIDA, THE MYSTERIOUS PROPHETESS OF THE GOLDEN ORIENT 262
- THE LADY AND THE LICENSE; OR, FRIENDSHIP'S GARLAND 287
- THE POOR AND NEEDY 311
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- PAGE
- THE STAIR WAS OF STONE, ARCHED OVERHEAD LIKE CHURCHES _Frontispiece_
- DORA DID SOME WHITE SEWING 19
- THEY LAUGHED EVER SO 34
- AND HE WAS AWFULLY RUDE TO THE SERVANTS 69
- THE OTHERS CAME UP BY THE ROPE-LADDER 73
- WHEN FATHER CAME HOME THERE WAS AN AWFUL ROW 85
- IT WAS INDEED A CELESTIAL CHINAMAN IN DEEP DIFFICULTIES 103
- ON THE SIDEBOARD WAS A BLUEY-WHITE CROCKERY IMAGE 107
- THE STATIONMASTER AND PORTER LOOKED RESPECTFULLY AT US 127
- THE LUNCH WAS A PERFECT DREAM OF A.1.-NESS 137
- OSWALD DID NOT STRIKE THE NEXT MATCH CAREFULLY ENOUGH 145
- WITH SCISSORS AND GAS PLIERS THEY CUT EVERY FUSE 157
- THE FIVE OTHERS 191
- HE LOOKED AT OSWALD'S BOOTS 203
- HE FETCHED DOWN HALF A DOZEN PLANKS AND THE WORKMAN 218
- A COASTGUARD ORDERED US QUITE HARSHLY 244
- ALICE BEAT THE DONKEY FROM THE CART, THE REST SHOUTED 272
- Here Dicky coughed and said--
- We promised faithfully. Then he said--
- Dora went on--
- H.O. said, "It couldn't be Alice's fault. I don't see as it was wrong."
- H.O. cuddled up to Dora and said snufflingly in his nose--
- She said, "What's all this about a pudding?"
- Then she said: "Come into my room. You all look frozen."
- He said--
- I assure you she did, though he had done simply nothing.
- Alice put her arm round Noel and said: "Do go, Archibald."
- So Dicky said--
- Father bit his moustache and looked worried, and Dicky went on--
- Then Father said, "How on earth did you get into the loft?"
- We all sat on the stairs and waited. Noel said--
- At last Noel banged on the door and screamed through the keyhole--
- We all said, "No, not since last night."
- So we went. And we said to every single person we met--
- We said, "What? Out with it."
- Then he turned to the polite and attentive others and said--
- Alice said, "If I write a paper it will be about Mary Queen of Scots."
- Everything was beautifully arranged, when suddenly H.O. said--
- Noel's was very long, and it began--
- Oswald has an enormous geographical bump in his head. He said--
- And Dicky replied: "Well, what about it?"
- Don't you think we might try to find some new ways to be good in?"
- Most of us were dumb at the dreadful thought. But Alice said--
- He refused to talk about it. Only he said--
- Then Dicky said, "Now, any more conscious objectors?"
- The rest of the things we put on the list were--
- So at last we put--"From one who does not wish to sign his name."
- That evening at tea-time Jane came and said--
- When we got him there he said--
- When the door was shut, he said--
- So then Dicky shrugged his shoulders and said, "Yes."
- Oswald said, "How did you know and who are you?"
- Dicky said--
- This is all the story of--
- Near the end of the letter came this:--
- And H.O. said, "To write unonymous letters."
- Noel was only allowed to write one poem. It began--
- I never saw a man laugh more. He is an excellent sort.
- It was Oswald who found the manly courage to say very politely--
- LODGINGS TO LET.
- ENQUIRE INSIDE.
- Then Alice suddenly said--
- And Dicky rejoined, "Disagreeable yourself!"
- At last he took his pipe out of his mouth and said--
- Dora was the only one who was pleased. She said--
- Oswald said--
- We said we did, and breathlessly added, "Go on!"
- A few words in low voices were exchanged. Oswald only heard--
- The hated coastguard got impatient. He said--
- So he said, "Look here, there's nothing in that keg but water."
- So Oswald went down to Mrs. Beale and said--
- And in the morning it was still raining and Alice said--
- Then we put on our veils and tuned up. "See, see the conquering----"
- But he did not let us finish the tune; he burst in upon us, crying--
- It was after this that Dicky said--
- Mrs. Bax sighed. Then she said--
- We listened breathless for his reply. He put his hands behind him--
- We gazed at the feast, and Mrs. Bax said--
- Then he said--
- We all instantly said, "_I_ will!"
- He climbed up and said, "Hullo!"
- To this remark the boy replied, "Hullo!"
- But at last he said--
- The pale-eyed boy took it and looked at it and said--
- And presently Alice came down and said--
- So then he went, and Dora said--
- We said "Yes."
- But of course Dora couldn't stand that. She said--
- Page 39, "Noel" changed to "Noel" (cost?" Noel asked)
- Page 77, "peacable" changed to "peaceable" (the peaceable quietness)
- Page 162, "alway" changed to "alway" (they always sing in)
- Page 196, "Its" changed to "It's" (It's not much to do)
- Page 217, "But" changed to "but" (but he will just say)
- Page 221, "birds" changed to "bird's" (like a bird's)
- Page 289, "anenomes" changed to "anemones" (wood-anemones)
- Page 294, "Mr." changed to "Mrs." (talking to Mrs. Bax.)