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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III. JUST IN TIME. course, poor Cecil's conduct distressed us all very much; but we sympathised far too deeply with the cause of it to feel angry with him. I confess I felt a little sore upon dear Nelly's account; for it seemed a cruel thing that she, who had no other home than ours, should be made to feel that her presence was an obstacle to my -cousin's reception there. But Nelly behaved like an angel: she kept out of Cecil's way as much as possible; and when she was compelled to be in his company, as at meals, she showed a tact and delicacy that drew forth from Aunt Ben, when she and I were alone together, the warmest eulogiums. Cecil, on his part, I do honestly believe, did his best to get over his most unwarrantable prejudice, and was studiously polite and civil to her, as though desirous to make amends for that first outbreak; but his behaviour, at the best, was only like that of a gentleman of courtly manners, and those somewhat stiff. His old genial tone was gone, as regarded Nelly, altogether, and sadly altered with respect to Aunt Ben and myself. I am bound to say that, so far as feeling went, I think he loved me no less than of old; but the tender frankness that had formerly characterised him had now given place to a melancholy reserve. He had been wont to be a great talker, and his laugh (before the occurrence of that miserable affair at Gatcombe, which had exiled him from home and country and sweetheart, and been indirectly the cause of his sister's death) had been one of those cheery ones which win answering echoes from those who hear it; but he was verysilent now; and if he smiled, it Avas easy to- see the effort that it cost him to do so. It was not likely, we thought, that he would be interested with ordinary topics; and, besides, we felt a delicac...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217962162 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217962165 |
| Weight | 0.34 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.23 In |
| List Price | $14.14 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 96 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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