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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 dogcart reached home with news of Edgar's approach before he himself arrived. It passed him in the avenue, and so did Sally Timms, who had mulled tut the Hall to carry the news of Jeanie's accident, and to make an appeal on her own account to Clare. Thus his sister had been made acquainted with the cause of his detention?which was a relief to him: for he was fatigued with his recent exertions. He stopped Sally, and recommended her guest to her best care, and gave her a sovereign; and then he went on tired to his own house. His own house The words were pleasant. The woods rustled darkly about him, concealing everything but the Hall itself, with lights glimmering in its windows; but the sense of secure proprietorship and undisturbed possession was sweet. The sight of Arden brought back the thought of Gussy Thorn- leigh and of all the new combinations and arrangements that might be coming, which did not excite him, perhaps, so much as they ought to havedone, but yet were sweet, and had a soft thrill of pleasure in them. She would lie a most genial, gracious little mistress of the house. True, the thought of dethroning Clare was a great trouble t him, an immense obstacle in the way; but probably Clare would marry too, or something would happen. And hi the meantime Gussy's image was very pleasant, mingling with that of his sister, giving him a sense of a double welcome, a double interest in his movements. To be loved was very sweet to Edgar. The warm domestic affection, the sense of honu- enclosing all that was dear, filled his heart with something more tender, almost more delicate than passion. He would never be overpoweringly in love, perhaps; but was that necessary to the happiness of life ? With so much as he had he felt that he should be content. Clare di...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217560702 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217560709 |
| Weight | 0.65 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.45 In |
| List Price | $19.99 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 196 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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