This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1890 edition. Excerpt: ... Time in flowers," remarked Flemming, with honest envy of his friend's profounder depth of poetic sentiment. "I thought it rather neat," said Lynde, who had not thought of it all. In the course of that dinner if two or three unexplained demure smiles flitted over Miss Denham's face, they might, perhaps, have ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1890 edition. Excerpt: ... Time in flowers," remarked Flemming, with honest envy of his friend's profounder depth of poetic sentiment. "I thought it rather neat," said Lynde, who had not thought of it all. In the course of that dinner if two or three unexplained demure smiles flitted over Miss Denham's face, they might, perhaps, have been indirectly traced to these floral decorations, though they pleased her more than if a woman's hand had been visible in them. "Flemming," said Lynde, with a severe aesthetic air, "I don't think that arrangement in the fireplace is quite up to the rest of the room." "Nor I either," said Flemming, who had been silently admiring it for the last ten minutes. The fire-place in question was stuffed with a quantity of long, delicately spiral shavings, sprinkled with silver spangles or flakes of isinglass, and covered by a piece of pale blue illusion. This device--peculiarly Genevese--was supposed to represent a waterfall. "Take a match and touch it off," suggested Plemming. "If we had some more flowers, now"--"Exactly. I am going to the hotel to get myself up like a head-waiter, and I 'll bring some when I come back." In an hour afterwards Flemming reappeared, followed by a youth bearing an immense basket. Lynde removed the Alpine waterfall to an adjoining chamber, and built up a huge fire of flame-colored flowers in the grate. The two friends were standing in the middle of the room, gravely contemplating the effect, when a servant opened the door and announced Mrs. and Miss Denham. A rustle of drapery at the threshold was followed by the entrance of the two ladies in ceremonious dinner toilets. Lynde had never seen Miss Denham is. any but a dark travelling-dress, or in such unobtrusive costume as a modest girl may wear at a hotel table. He...
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