
Transcriber’s Note:
ILLUSTRATIONS
CHAPTER I. AT HOME.
CHAPTER II. THE JOURNEY.
CHAPTER III. AT PRESTON MANOR.
CHAPTER IV. ADVENTURES AT FARMER ANDERSON’S.
CHAPTER V. PEGGY LOST AND FOUND.
CHAPTER VI. PEGGY’S ESCAPADE.
CHAPTER VII. MARY WELSH TO THE RESCUE.
CHAPTER VIII. PEGGY AND HER SCHOOL COMPANIONS.
A quiet Easter at Preston Manor turns tense when Mrs. Wyndham receives a heartbreaking letter from a dying friend. He asks her husband to take in a fifteen‑year‑old orphan from County Kerry—an Irish girl raised in humble cabins, now promised a modest government annuity and an unexpected future among English gentry. The Wyndham sisters, Molly and Jessie, are instantly drawn into the mystery, their curiosity mingling with a fierce desire to protect the newcomer.
As the family prepares for the girl's arrival, the estate buzzes with whispered speculation and the weight of old‑world expectations. The narrative balances the charm of rural Irish folklore with the rigid social codes of a country house, hinting at the challenges the child will face in learning to be a lady while staying true to her roots. Listeners will be swept into a world of gentle humor, heartfelt loyalty, and the first stirrings of an adventure that promises both kindness and conflict.
Language
en
Duration
~9 hours (534K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Richard Tonsing, MWS, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
Release date
Apr 14, 2020
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1854–1914
A hugely popular Victorian storyteller, she wrote hundreds of books and stories for young readers while also helping shape the girls' school story as a genre. Her work ranged beyond school fiction into mysteries, adventures, and magazine tales, showing just how versatile and prolific she was.
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