Excerpt from Alice Gololphin, And, a Little Heiress, Vol. 2 of 2: Two Stories MY seventeenth birthday fell upon a warm, lovely day in August; and I rose in the morning with a sense of exhilaration, caused partly by the first fine weather after a fortnight's incessant rain, and partly by the consciousness that I had now attained (in my aunt's Opinion) to years of discretion, and was entitled to consider myself fairly introduced into the world. Vol. II. On this memorable day my long dark curls disappeared for ever, and I ...
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Excerpt from Alice Gololphin, And, a Little Heiress, Vol. 2 of 2: Two Stories MY seventeenth birthday fell upon a warm, lovely day in August; and I rose in the morning with a sense of exhilaration, caused partly by the first fine weather after a fortnight's incessant rain, and partly by the consciousness that I had now attained (in my aunt's Opinion) to years of discretion, and was entitled to consider myself fairly introduced into the world. Vol. II. On this memorable day my long dark curls disappeared for ever, and I began to wear my hair in the grown-up fashion of those days, rolled back from my temples over a frizette, and plaited in large, heavy coils behind. Bridget left me when my toilette was completed, and I stood before the long pier-glass, which decorated the door of my wardrobe, and surveyed myself leisurely. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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