A Rebellious Heroine
Format: Paperback
ISBN13: 9781153587662
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Excerpt: ... as a lover for two days over a fancy that came into my head. Youll laugh when I tell you, but Ive been half afraid somebody else would take her up and- well, treat her badly. There is something that tells me that she has been forced into some brutal situation by somebody, somewhere, within the past two or three days. I believe Id want to kill a man who did that." I didnt laugh at him. I was the man who was in a fair way to get killed for "doing that," and I thought laughter would be a little bit misplaced; but I am not a coward, and I didnt flinch. I confessed. I tried to ease his mind by telling him what I had attempted to do. "It was a mistake," he said, shortly, when I had finished. "And you must promise me one thing," he added, very seriously. "Ill promise anything," I said, meekly. "Dont ever try anything of the sort again," he went on, gravely. "If you had succeeded in writing that story, and subjected her to all that horror, I should never have spoken to you again. As it is, I realize that what you did was out of the kindness of your heart, prompted by a desire to be of service to me, and Im just as much obliged as I can be, only I dont want any assistance." "Until you ask me to, Stuart," I replied, "Ill never write another line about her; but youd better keep very mum about her yourself, or get her copyrighted. The way she upset that horse on Osborne, completely obliterating him, and at the same time getting out of the way of that little simian Count, in spite of all I could do to place her under obligations to both of them, was what the ancients would have called a caution. She has made a slave of me forever, and I venture to predict that if you dont hurry up and get her into a book, somebody else will; and whoever does will make a name for himself alongside of which that of Smith will sink into oblivion." "Count on me for that," said he. "Faint heart never won fair lady, and I dont intend to stop climbing just because I...
| ISBN-13 | 9781153587662 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1153587661 |
| Weight | 0.21 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.13 In |
| List Price | $14.14 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 54 pages |
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| Published On | 2010-03-01 |
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