Jem McCrail is a fantastical godsend to the timid young Alice Pilling. "Like a dropped acorn, " she appears halfway through the week, halfway through the term, and halfway through Miss Aldridge's Silent Reading Hour. Through the doorway she barely clears, wearing clothes like...
Jem McCrail is a fantastical godsend to the timid young Alice Pilling. "Like a dropped acorn, " she appears halfway through the week, halfway through the term, and halfway through Miss Aldridge's Silent Reading Hour. Through the doorway she barely clears, wearing clothes like...