Excerpt from The New "East Lynne" An Entirely New and Original Novel The old Keith wistaria is out; now ours will bloom shortly. Save for the vine the old Keith mansion had for years been changeless, expressionless as the face of a trained diplomat. Other houses broke forth at longish intervals to the joyous tumult of wedding awnings and carpets; other houses burst forth into flowery triumph at Easter-tide, or flashed up red and green, basement to attic, at Christmas; but at an eighteen-inch level every white ...
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Excerpt from The New "East Lynne" An Entirely New and Original Novel The old Keith wistaria is out; now ours will bloom shortly. Save for the vine the old Keith mansion had for years been changeless, expressionless as the face of a trained diplomat. Other houses broke forth at longish intervals to the joyous tumult of wedding awnings and carpets; other houses burst forth into flowery triumph at Easter-tide, or flashed up red and green, basement to attic, at Christmas; but at an eighteen-inch level every white shade in this house front was evenly drawn and kept. No bird-cage, no bunch of flowers, no woman's face ever disturbed the chill order of its stiff propriety. No dog trotted cheerfully in and out the gate; no cat hunched purring on the sunny basement win dow-sill. 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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