Black Beauty
Part 2, Chapter 30: A Thief
by Anna Sewell
A sudden decline in Black Beauty's health leads to the arrest of the stable groom.
A sudden decline in Black Beauty's health leads to the arrest of the stable groom.
Having gotten a thorough picture of the inner workings of the Dolittle house, Tommy inquires about some of the various exotic animals that are in the doctor's home. After dinner, Doctor Dolittle accompanies Stubbins to see the injured squirrel.
The doctor treats the injured squirrel after a short musical demonstration in the Stubbins home.
The author describes his experiences in the Alps.
Mrs. Jennings at first thinks that Elinor and the Colonel were discussing an attachment between them, but soon is able to catch on that they were discussing Edward and his need for a position.
Beth's room is prepared to make her final days as comfortable as possible. Jo's poem has a profound effect on Beth.
Elinor, in spite of herself, feels for Willoughby, as she is assured of his grief at being forever parted from Marianne and from their family. A marriage proposal is on the horizon.
Marilla gives Anne some pleasant news.
Tommy Fox plays with a feather and runs in circles to distract a dog’s scent trail. On his way home, he gets hungry and picks up the scent of Old Mother Grouse.
A priest looks for lodging in the night and is given shelter by an old woman. She goes to gather more wood, and she tells him not to look in the back room. Curiosity gets the better of him, and he looks in the room and sees horrible things. He realizes she is the Goblin of Adachigahara, and flees. She chases him through the night, but he prays to Buddha and keeps running. Morning dawns, making the goblin disappear, and the priest is safe.
The men deal with the aftermath of the battle, including the burial of the dead.
Pip returns to dinner but continues to feel a sense of guilt.
The princess sobs over her prince and with that, she falls for the first time. It begins to rain outside and the lake fills as she gains her gravity. The princess learns to walk and she married the prince. They live happily ever after.
The Caterpillar tells Alice how to change her size.
The Stubbins' household prepares for dinner with the doctor. Tommy's parents and Doctor Dolittle discuss Tommy's possible life as a naturalist.
Little Bear learns to overcome his fear of water.
Lady Macbeth receives a letter from her husband reporting recent events. Lady Macbeth has plans of her own for Macbeth.
The Dashwood family is introduced.
Darnay exits the courtroom and is eventually joined by Sydney Carton, whose appearance strongly resembles Darnay's.
A betrothed princess is betrayed by her waiting maid.
A hare deceives many crocodiles, then mocks them, and the crocodiles pull out all of his fur in retaliation. The hare is suffering, and a fairy man comes along and tells him to bathe in the sea and lie in the sun to recover his fur, but the man was spiteful and his advice only increases the hare’s pain. A kind fairy man comes by and listens to the hare’s sad story, telling him his pain is the consequence of his behavior to the crocodiles. The hare agrees and repents, and the kind man tells him how to heal his wounds and regrow his fur. The hare correctly predicts that the princess the other men were off seeking would deny them and instead choose the kind man for her husband.
A bamboo cutter finds a small, luminescent girl, and raises her as Princess Moonlight. She refuses all suitors, befriends the Emperor, and eventually returns to her rightful home, the Moon.
The narrator goes back to the General’s house and confronts the General’s daughter. The reader begins to see the mystery surrounding the Heatherstones.
Mrs. Westmacott wishes Charles to marry Ida and talks to Clara about arranging it as such. Clara has a conflict between her thoughts of Charles and Harold for Ida, but resolves to let things play out their natural course. Shortly after, Harold approaches Clara and, expecting him to propose marriage to Ida, proposes to her instead.