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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: The last day of his engagement had arrived, and with it the last of his walks that way. On his final return he carried in his hand a bunch of flowers which had been presented to him at the country-house where his lessons were given. He was taking them home to his sister Faith, who prized the lingering blossoms of the seeding season. Soon appeared as usual his fellow-traveller; whereupon Christopher looked down upon his nosegay. Sweet simple girl, he thought, I'll endeavour to make peace with her by means of these flowers before we part for good. When she came up he held them out to her and said, Will you allow me to present you with these ? The bright colours of the nosegay instantly attracted the girl's hand? perhaps before there had been time for thought to thoroughly construe the position; for it happened that when her arm was stretched into the air she steadied it quickly, and stood with the pose of a statue?rigid with uncertainty. But it was too late to refuse: Christopher had put the nosegay within her fingers. Whatever pleasant expression of thanks may have appeared in her eyes fell only on the bunch of flowers, for during the whole transaction they reached to no higher level than that. To say that he was coming no more seemed scarcely necessary under the circumstances, and wishing her ' Good-afternoon ' very heartily, he passed on. He had learnt by this time of her occupation, which was that of pupil-teacher at one of the schools in the town, whither she walked daily from a village near. If he had not been poor and the little teacher humble, Christopher might possibly have been tempted to inquire more briskly about her; and who knows how such a pursuit might have ended ? But hard externals rule volatile sentiment, and under these untoward influences the...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217329347 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217329349 |
| Weight | 2.34 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 1.61 In |
| List Price | $44.64 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 734 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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