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LEADING out of one of those close, melancholy alleys in the environs of Liver-pool, was a small cottage, possessing little of comfort or beauty in outward appearance, but much in the interior in favour of its inhabitants; cleanliness and neatness were clearly visible, greatly in contradistinction to the neigh-bouring dwellings. There were no heaps of dirt and half-burnt ashes, no broken or even cracked panes in the brightly shining windows, not a grain of unseemly dust or stains either on door or ledge, -so that even poverty itself looked respectable. The cottage stood apart from the others, with a good piece of ground for a garden, which, stretching from the back, led through a narrow lane, to the banks of the Mersey, and thus permitted a fresher current of air. . . .

Author: Grace Aguilar

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Publication Date: Mar 19, 2018

Number of Pages: 340 pages

Language: English

Binding: Paperback

ISBN-10: 1986532968

ISBN-13: 9781986532969