Mousey

An orphaned child named Arabella, nicknamed Mousey, is placed with relatives and settles into a new home at Haughton, where everyday domestic details frame her coming-of-age. She attends church and school, makes friends such as Maria, and forms a wary companionship with the wayward boy John Monday while relatives and neighbours, including Mr. Harding and a distant cousin, influence her prospects. Episodes of small mischief, moral instruction, and family tensions lead to a summer visit, a consequential letter and an illness that test household loyalties, concluding with reconciliations and renewed happiness.