Маленький Лорд Фаунтлерой. Уровень 1 / Little Lord Fauntleroy

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knew nothing about it alldimples[2]

“Dearest,” said Cedric (like his papa always called her)-“dearest, is my papa better?”

we have no one left but each other

brought them theill-will[4]nobleman[5]inherit[6]heir[7]

Nature had given giftshumiliated[9]fits of petulance[10]he thought he would send him away for a while

bad-tempered[12]charming[13]delightful[14]acquaintance[15]

His greatest friend was the grocery man at the corner. His name was Mr. Hobbs, and Cedric admired and respected him very much. It was quite surprising how many things they found to talk about-the Fourth of July, for instance. It was, perhaps, Mr. Hobbs who gave him his first interest in politics. Mr. Hobbs was fond of reading the newspapers, and so Cedric heard a great deal about what was going on in Washington; and Mr. Hobbs would tell him whether the President was doing his duty or not. And once, when there was an election, he found it all quite grand, and probably but for Mr. Hobbs and Cedric the country might have been wrecked.