Excerpt from Heart SwordMy dear Kit, she said one day, when the girl was grumbling because she had not a fresh dress in which to go to a tennis party at the Rectory, you ought to take more care of your clothes, because you know perfectly well how washing ruins them.Other girls have heaps of clothes, and I have none, said Kit, dejectedly.Don't say that, Kit you have clothes - a great many clothes, far more than I had at your age. But then, it is true, girls in those days did not play tennis and other romping, hoydenish games Of the kind. And we gave a thought sometimes to our garments - which is more than you ever do, my dear.Oh, don't preach, auntie, said Kit, rebelliously, and yet very sweetly, don't preach, dearie. Iwill wear the Old frock, never mind, don't mind. I was a beast to grumble.My dear Kit, said Miss Whitaker, I beg you will not use that kind Of language in my presence.I won't, auntie, I hear the boys say that kind Of thing sometimes.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.