![]() ![]() His quiet attitude and the way he handles the children seem to gain him respect locally. But he likes his landlady, and he evidently does a good job. We don’t learn much about what he does there, or any of the children. ![]() So he travels to Prince Edward Island and takes over the school. But he’s told that the accommodation is good, and the scenery delightful - and he wants a bit of a break before going into the competitive world of business. ![]() He doesn’t expect that he will particularly enjoy teaching in a school. The only person he can think of who is well qualified and able to do the job is Eric - so he asks if he would consider it, just for a term.Įric likes the idea of doing something different, and wants to oblige his friend. But he has been unable to find a replacement. He has been unwell, and has accepted that he must leave his job, at least for some months. The friend has been teaching at a school on Prince Edward Island. But then he receives a letter from an old friend… He comes from a wealthy family, and is planning to go into business with his father. Eric is a young, likeable man who has just graduated from university. The story, unusually for a woman writer of the era, has a man as its main protagonist. The book was first published in 1910 and is set in Canada. I read it in print form in 2006 but had entirely forgotten it. I scrolled through my Kindle collection, and spotted LM Montgomery’s short novel ‘Kilmeny of the Orchard’. I wanted to read something light and not too long on a recent flight. ![]()
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