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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1911. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER VIII ELISABETH'S leisure vanished under the new rule, and she could claim no more time than that prescribed by custom. She had her afternoon out and was free also for some hours during Sunday. A spirit of bustle and business spread over the Oxenham Arms, and some considered it an improvement, while others mourned the old, easy haphazard style and declared that peace and comfort were things of the past under Minnie's reign. All sane folks liked the new mistress, however, for she was strong. She set her own fashion and did as much work herself as she demanded from others. Underhill, however, smarted at the new calls upon his purse. Business remained much the same, but the need for money increased. Minnie belonged to the order of Martha. She could not live happily in a house with a broken window or a room with a treacherous chair. She had a marvellous eye for weak spots, dry rot, wet rot, damp and disorder. She turned her new home inside out before she had been in it a month, and Tom Underhill experienced much discomfort, but he was loyal and said no word except in private to her. Soon he learned that opposition was useless and accepted the changes in a silent spirit. He paid a visit to his mother, who dwelt at Chagford, and after that event Minnie was very glad to find her husband in a more reasonable mind, as a result of maternal counsel. She loved Tom well, but so convinced was she that her way was the right one and her husband's the wrong, that she would bate nothing and make no concessions. Her pain was real, but she looked forward and felt very sure that a time would come when her husband must turn round and call her blessed. She predicted an increased prosperity; she fired the man to new ambitions; she even deprecated his pleasures and sought to chan...
| ISBN-13 | 9781458861238 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1458861236 |
| Weight | 0.83 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.57 In |
| List Price | $13.99 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 252 pages |
| Publisher | |
| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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