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Quotation from The Railway Children by E. Nesbit

“They were not railway children to begin with.”

E. Nesbit (spoken by Narrator)

The Railway Children, Chapter I, The beginning of things (Project Gutenberg #1874)

Portrait of E. Nesbit

The opening sentence, before the family's fortunes change.

Citation: "They were not railway children to begin with." — E. Nesbit, The Railway Children, Chapter I, The beginning of things (Project Gutenberg #1874). (id the-railway-children-q1)

Portrait: Nesbit-railway001, C. E. Brock (illustrator) / Wells Gardner, Darton & Co., Public domain.

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