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. 1837 edition. Excerpt: ... considered myself bound to keep my promise to the robber or the murderer, to the prejudice of his victim: that would have been a strange perversion of the point of honour. Guided, therefore, by what I conceived to be the just principle of my duty, I gave the lady my promise of secrecy. ' I am ...
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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. 1837 edition. Excerpt: ... considered myself bound to keep my promise to the robber or the murderer, to the prejudice of his victim: that would have been a strange perversion of the point of honour. Guided, therefore, by what I conceived to be the just principle of my duty, I gave the lady my promise of secrecy. ' I am satisfied, ' said the Baroness de Polvere. 'Now you shall hear the story which I have to reveal....My husband is the representative of an ancient and noble family, several members of which have, at various times, discharged high judicial functions. The distinction which the family has long enjoyed has imbued my mother-inlaw with so high an idea of importance, that the fear of seeing it without an heir, has thrice urged THE WANT OF AN HEIR. 203 her to the commission of a horrible crime. This lady is not our countrywoman. She is a native of the Greek islands, where her husband married her during one of his voyages: he was an officer in the navy, having thrown aside the judicial robe of his ancestors, to fight the battles of his country. My mother-in-law, as I have already observed, has conceived such an extravagant veneration for the house of Polvere, that its perpetuity is the sole object which engrosses her thoughts. She has two sons, of whom my husband is the elder. The younger, who is a captain of artillery, was married five years ago. His wife, at the expiration of the fourth year of her marriage, died and you shall hear in what way. ' My husband, before he attained his majority, married his first cousin, to whom he was ardently attached. Four years elapsed. Their union was still unblessed by progeny; and the unfortunate lady suddenly died. The Baron de Polvere, whilst still overwhelmed with affliction, suffered himself to be dragged...
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Add this copy of Evenings With Prince Cambaceres, Second Consul, Arch to cart. $57.56, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2011 by Nabu Press.
