Meg of the Heather by Evelyn R. Garratt

MEG was sitting under the chestnut tree preparing her lesson for Miss / Gregson. A tempting array of cakes and biscuits were on the table / before her, and Walter, the butler, was simply waiting for the return / of Sheila and Miss Gregson, who had driven into the town to shop and to / change the library books, to bring up the hot buttered toast and tea.

Meg was dressed in white, with a bunch of carnations at her waist. / Her auburn hair, picturesquely arranged at the back of her head, was / shining in the sunlight which came in patches through the leaves of the / tree.