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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1882 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER LIII. Bad News. A FEW days afterwards, as they were sitting at breakfast, Mr. Wallace, who received as few written communications perhaps as any grown person within the range of the British postal delivery, exclaimed sud-denly, on opening the letter bag, 'Why, who's this writing to me 1" "Not a lady, I hope," said Ella slily; "though that's Mrs. Wallace's affair and not mine." "It's got 'Private' on it," cried the yeoman with a laugh, as though privacy in connection with epistolary correspondence was a joke indeed. "Oh, come, I must see to that " exclaimed his wife. "Give it to me, John;" and she made a feint of gaining possession of it. Vol. Ilv.--No. 265. 1 "No, you don't " cried her husband, who in the mean time had just glanced at the contents. "Perhaps I'll tell you something about it after breakfast No; I won't take a rasher this morning, thank you; nor yet any pigeon pie. I'm rather off my feed." "Lor, John, what is the matter?" exclaimed Mrs. Wallace, to whom this statement was indeed a portent of evil. "I am afraid there is bad news from Wallington," murmured Ella, with a white face. "Well, that ia just it, Miss Ella," said the farmer in embarrassed tones; "only I was particularly not to tell you all of a sudden like. That's why they wrote to me instead of the Missis. I was to 'break it' to you, Mr. Felspar says; but since you've guessed it "and Mr. Wallace scratched his head, and looked oppressed with the burthen of an honour to which he was not born. Nobody had ever entrusted him with a secret before in all his life. "Pray tell me all," cried Ella imploringly; "I can bear anything except suspense." "He says I am to break it--I suppose he means in little bits," said Mr. Wallace doubtfully. But by this time his wife had...
| ISBN-13 | 9781458978073 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1458978079 |
| Weight | 1.44 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 1.00 In |
| List Price | $44.26 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 448 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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