Geoffrey's father had gone to be the representative of the Mother Country in one of the distant Colonies, and as the boy had "more brains than body," to quote his house-master, his
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Geoffrey's father had gone to be the representative of the Mother Country in one of the distant Colonies, and as the boy had "more brains than body," to quote his house-master, his parents had taken him with them for a time, making a long journey first. When he came home to go to Eton, I found him a much-travelled person, brimming over with a host of new ideas and impressions, though otherwise the same original dreamy boy as ever. The inches he had added to his height and his chest testified to the success of the experiment on that score, while it was evident that his active little brain and his big eyes had made the most of their opportunities.
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- INTRODUCTION
- PART I CHAPTER I IN THE MISTY PAST
- CHAPTER II THE HALLOWING OF THE ABBEY
- CHAPTER III SAXONS AND NORMANS AT WESTMINSTER
- CHAPTER IV THROUGH SEVEN REIGNS
- CHAPTER V WITH KINGS AND QUEENS IN EDWARD'S SHRINE
- CHAPTER VI EDWARD III. AND QUEEN PHILIPPA
- CHAPTER VII RICHARD II. AND QUEEN ANNE
- CHAPTER VIII HENRY V. AND HIS CHANTRY