Fernley Manor, by Mrs MacKenzie Daniels
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ISBN13: 9780217719070
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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. THE MOTHER AND DACGHTER. Edith had endeavoured to arrange her journey so that she should arrive about eight o'clock in the evening; but owing to an unavoidable delay on the road, the clocks from various parts of London were striking ten, when her post-ehaise rattled along the broad streets of the west end of the town; and she had still to get to Hampstead and discover Woodleigh cottage. The snow had quite ceased falling now, and the night, though very cold, was clear and beautiful. There was an aspect too of busy life and social enjoyment, even at this late hour, amongst the pedestrians who still thronged the great thoroughfares, that was quite cheering to the solitary traveller, after the loneliness of the long, dull day. But occasionally, as they got more into the suburbs, the old feeling of intense depression would return with renewed force, when, through the half drawn curtain of some gaily lighted house, she saw young figures moving joyously in the merry dance, and caught the sound of mirthful music mingling with peals of childish laughter, that rang in her ears long after they had first been heard. It seemed to Edith that she alone of all in that great city, was destined to spend this Christmas Eve in cheerless solitude; that she alone, of all the thousands who were waking still had a heart wherein only tears were dwelling. Poor Nero, herlast remaining companion, lay sleeping in quiet contentment at her feet, and as she bent to caress his shaggy head (to remind herself that she had yet something left to love her in the midst of all) the dog lookeu up gratefully and licked her hand, as if to assure his sorrowing mistress that Ids fidelity at least was unshaken, and his affection the same as it had ever been. We at all events will never part, ...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217719070 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217719074 |
| Weight | 0.50 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.34 In |
| List Price | $19.99 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 146 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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