The childish adventures of Lloyd Sherman, the Little Colonel, come to an endin The Little Colonels Knight Comes Riding , the last in the LittleColonel series.After their return to Lloydsboro Valley, Kentucky, from Warwick Hall inWashington D.C., the Little Colonel and friends Kitty Walton and Betty Lewisfind that the young boys they have grown up with have matured into gracefulyoung men.The Little Colonel struggles between her desire to still be a child and herdesire to live the life of a sophisticated young woman. But childhood sweetheartRob Moores proposal of marriage makes the Little Colonel all the more awareof her developing adult emotions.