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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1892 Excerpt: ...hope you have every one got a brave lover, and that you have all got twelve thousand pounds apiece--with accumulations--twelve thousand pounds--with accumulations--ations--ations--realising four hundred and eighty pounds a year, and perhaps a little more. With accumulations--ations--ations--accumulations.' She ran into the house and up the stairs singing. At the sound of her voice her mother, engaged in calculations of the greatest difficulty, paused wondering. When she understood that it was the voice of her child and not an organ-grinder, she became angry. What right had the girl to run about singing? Was it insolent bravado? Elsie opened the door of the drawingroom and ran in. Her mother's cold face repelled her. She was going to tell the joyful news--but she stopped. 'You have seen Mr. Dering?' asked her mother. 'Yes; I have seen him.' 'If he has brought you to reason' 'Oh He has--he has. I am entirely reasonable.' Mrs. Arundel was astonished. The girl was flushed of face and bright of eye; her breath was quick; her lips were parted. She looked entirely happy. 'My dear mother, ' she went on, 'I am to dine with him to-night. Hilda is to dine with him to-night. You are to dine with him tonight. It is to be a family party. He will bring us all to reason--to a bag full of reasons.' 'Elsie, this seems to me to be mirth misplaced.' 'No--no--in its right place--reasons all in a row and on three shelves, labelled and arranged and classified.' 'You talk in enigmas.' 'My dear mother'--yet that morning the dear mother would not speak to the dear daughter--' I talk in enigmas and I sing in conundrums. I feel like an oracle or a Delphic old woman for dark sayings.' She ran away, slamming the door after her. Her mother heard her singing in her studio all to herself. '.
| ISBN-13 | 9781152976436 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1152976435 |
| Weight | 0.45 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.30 In |
| List Price | $19.99 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 130 pages |
| Publisher | |
| Published On | 2010-01-01 |
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