Excerpt: ...marriage as a dire necessity lest my relations with Mr. Sibley cover them with a deeper shame?" "Well, in plain English, yes." "It is indeed extraordinarily plain English-brutally plain. And does-does Mr. Van Berg share in your estimate of me?" Her manner and words began to puzzle Stanton, and he remembered the artist's question-"Are you absolutely sure that Sibley is the cause of her trouble?" He thought that perhaps it might be good policy to contrast the two men. "To be frank," he replied, "I think Mr. Van ...
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Excerpt: ...marriage as a dire necessity lest my relations with Mr. Sibley cover them with a deeper shame?" "Well, in plain English, yes." "It is indeed extraordinarily plain English-brutally plain. And does-does Mr. Van Berg share in your estimate of me?" Her manner and words began to puzzle Stanton, and he remembered the artist's question-"Are you absolutely sure that Sibley is the cause of her trouble?" He thought that perhaps it might be good policy to contrast the two men. "To be frank," he replied, "I think Mr. Van Berg has both wished and tried to think well of you. He admired your beauty immensely, and sought to find something in your character that corresponded with it. Even after your studied rudeness to him, your open preference of Sibley's society to his, and your remark explaining your course, 'congenial society or none at all'" (Ida fairly groaned as he recalled her folly), "he tried to treat you politely. That you should refuse the society of a gentleman like my friend for the sake of such a low fellow as Sibley, is to us all a disgusting and fathomless mystery. The belief that you could throw yourself and your rare beauty into this abominable slough, was so revolting to Van Berg, that he never would wholly accept of it until to-day." She rose to her feet and turned upon him. Her eyes were fairly blazing with indignation, and her face was white and terrible from her anger. In tones such as he had never heard any woman use before, she said: "But to-day you have succeeded in satisfying him that this is not only possible, but the most natural thing for me to do. You have told him that my family will submit to my marriage with a loathsome wretch, who got drunk in the presence of ladies, insulted an orphan girl, and attempted murder-and all in one Sunday afternoon. I suppose you thought me captivated, and carried away by such a burst and blaze of villainy; and so my high-toned family explain to the faultless and aristocratic Mr. Van Berg that...
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Fair. Book. 12mo-over 6¾-7¾" tall. Decorative green boards with stamped floral and scrollwork patterns of the Victorian style with gilt lettering on the spine. Boards with heavy wear; hinges weak, pages dusty with age toning and soiling; previous owner's name inside. Binding complete. Edward Payson Roe (1838-1888) was an American novelist, Presbyterian minister, horticulturist and historian born in the village of Moodna, NY. In 1874 he removed to Cornwall-on-Hudson, where he devoted himself to the writing of fiction and to horticulture. His novels written with strong moral and religious purpose were very popular in their day, especially with middle class readers in England and America, and were translated into several European languages.
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