The Bridal Eve
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ISBN13: 9780217113540
Paperback|9780217113540
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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 FALSE LOVER. On on the morrow woke In a world of gin and pain; Bat the other was happier far, And never woke again.?Stoddard. It was a half mile out of the village that Rose turned into the winding road bounding Swinburne Chase on the south. She had never walked in that direction before; it had always been a prohibited neighborhood to her, and now to find herself sent thither by her mother, and upon such a strange errand, filled her mind with astonishment, wonder and alarm. Her mother, who had always sternly commanded her to avoid the neighborhood of the castle, now despatched her thither; her mother, who had ever shunned with an intense horror all connected with the family, now conjured the lady of the castle, by every motive that could actuate humanity, to come to her presence l Her mother must surely be laboring under some transient hallucination, which perhaps the presence of Lady Etheridge might remove. Therefore all Rose had to do was, simply to deliver her message. Full of doubt and misgiving, Rose pursued her way along the south wall of the Chase; and soon her thoughts were drawn from painful subjects by the beauty of the scenery that was coming into view. Oh l how blest is Lady Etheridge in the possession of this magnificent place To think that all these beautiful walks flowery vales, and running streams belong to her? are all her very own thought Rose, as she gazed upon tho picturesque and extended landscape. In the distance was the ancient Gothic church in the park, and Rose felt a longing to go in and dream away an hour amid its old monuments and effigies. ''There they rest from all their feuds and forays, very harmless now, those terrible old barons, she said, as she passed the church. Next the ruins of the a...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217113540 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217113540 |
| Weight | 1.16 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.80 In |
| List Price | $24.30 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 358 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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