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. 1852 edition. Excerpt: ...drawings, observed, " Did my daughter tell you, Miss Jones, of her engagement?" " No, she did not," answered that lady with some surprise. "There is the gentleman;" pointing to Melville, who was seated with Cora at one of the windows. " And I think," he continued in a jesting tone, "that we ought to 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. 1852 edition. Excerpt: ...drawings, observed, " Did my daughter tell you, Miss Jones, of her engagement?" " No, she did not," answered that lady with some surprise. "There is the gentleman;" pointing to Melville, who was seated with Cora at one of the windows. " And I think," he continued in a jesting tone, "that we ought to have another engagement soon. What say you Eugene?" Susanna put her fan before her face, and tried very hard to raise a blush, but she only looked tickled, while the young man, starting as if from a reverie, exclaimed, " Sir!" His father gave him a glance that plainly said, u I am not to be trifled with," but Eugene cared not, he only waited to hear him speak. " My respectable friend, Mr. Jones, has agreed with me that it would be a meet and advantageous thing for all parties, that the persons and fortunes of our children should be united. Therefore, as Miss Jones is not averse and Eugene can not be, I propose that the wedding come off by the latter end of next month." " And I second that proposal," said Jones, advancing. This scene would have made an excellent picture. There stood the Colonel, tall and commanding, his arms folded, and his eyes bent sternly on his son--near him. was Jones, a small, dark man, of insignificant appearance, looking on with a smirking countenance--his daughter Susanna close to our hero, her head turned aside and her handkerchief before her face, trying to look modest--in the back-ground Cora and Arlington looking up with much surprise on their countenances, and Eugene himself, his tall form drawn up to its full height, his dark eyes flashing, and every lineament of his countenance expressing anger and disdain. Full two minutes passed before another word was spoken. Then Eugene, in a voice trembling witli subdued passion, ...
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