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. 1899 edition. Excerpt: ...egotistical, found her new admirer a most agreeable partner; so much so that she consented to accompany him to the tearoom, unconsciously riveting his fetters with the slim white hand she ungloved, while giving him a bunch of film and gossamer, that represented fan and handkerchief, to hold in his own. ...
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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. 1899 edition. Excerpt: ...egotistical, found her new admirer a most agreeable partner; so much so that she consented to accompany him to the tearoom, unconsciously riveting his fetters with the slim white hand she ungloved, while giving him a bunch of film and gossamer, that represented fan and handkerchief, to hold in his own. These little graces completely finished him. She had made him fast now with a double turn, and from that moment Mrs. Lightfoot's ball, its lustres, music, and decorations, with all his other partners, ceased to have any intrinsic value whatever, rendered precious only as contributing to the greater glorification of Miss Bruce. She danced with him once more after supper, and in that blissful measure he contrived to make himself acquainted with her tastes and usual haunts; but his leave was nearly out, and he only met her again, by one of those accidents which happen so often, at the Royal Academy, after pervading that exhibition for three mortal hours, till his head swam and his eyes ached, while hat and boots felt so tight he could hardly bear to keep them on. Here she gave him a moment of intense happiness by stopping before a sea-piece, ordering him to explain its details, and professing an interest in everything pertaining to ships or sailors that set his pulses tingling with delight. Such confidential interviews fleet only too fast, but he managed to hint that those who went to sea carried with them many sweet memories from the shore; and though she looked down and made no answer, she seemed to think they left behind them pleasing recollections in their turn. While he walked along Piccadilly he felt as if he had hazarded a declaration in form; but catching sight of her sweet face half an hour later, in an open carriage bowling through...
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Add this copy of Roy's Wife to cart. $63.74, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2015 by Palala Press.
Add this copy of Roy's Wife to cart. $63.74, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2015 by Palala Press.