A Bit O' Love by John Galsworthy t is Ascension Day in a village of the West. In the lowpanelled hall-sittingroom of the BURLACOMBE'S farmhouse on thevillage green, MICHAEL STRANGWAY, a clerical collar round histhroat and a dark Norfolk jacket on his back, is playing theflute before a very large framed photograph of a woman, which isthe only picture on the walls. His age is about thirty-five hisfigure thin and very upright and his clean-shorn face thin, upright, narrow, with long and rather pointed ears; his darkhair is ...
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A Bit O' Love by John Galsworthy t is Ascension Day in a village of the West. In the lowpanelled hall-sittingroom of the BURLACOMBE'S farmhouse on thevillage green, MICHAEL STRANGWAY, a clerical collar round histhroat and a dark Norfolk jacket on his back, is playing theflute before a very large framed photograph of a woman, which isthe only picture on the walls. His age is about thirty-five hisfigure thin and very upright and his clean-shorn face thin, upright, narrow, with long and rather pointed ears; his darkhair is brushed in a coxcomb off his forehead. A faint smilehovers about his lips that Nature has made rather full and hehas made thin, as though keeping a hard secret; but his brightgrey eyes, dark round the rim, look out and upwards almost as ifhe were being crucified. There is something about the whole ofhim that makes him seen not quite present. A gentle creature, burnt within.A low broad window above a window-seat forms the background tohis figure; and through its lattice panes are seen the outergate and yew-trees of a churchyard and the porch of a church, bathed in May sunlight. The front door at right angles to thewindow-seat, leads to the village green, and a door on the leftinto the house.It is the third movement of Veracini's violin sonata thatSTRANGWAY plays. His back is turned to the door into the house, and he does not hear when it is opened, and IVY BURLACOMBE, thefarmer's daughter, a girl of fourteen, small and quiet as amouse, comes in, a prayer-book in one hand, and in the other agloss of water, with wild orchis and a bit of deep pinkhawthorn. She sits down on the window-seat, and having openedher book, sniffs at the flowers. Coming to the end of themovement STRANGWAY stops, and looking up at the face on thewall, heaves a long sigh. We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experienc
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