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Wearily and anxiously Madam Smith passes her days. Concealment sits heavily on one in whom the spirits Of youth and health in other circumstances did more than duty for the beauty which is so often and so arbitrarily supposed to be their accompanim'ent. AS if a temperament were not, for the honour and pride of youth, a more considerable possession than the complexion of a rose - leaf or the nice angle of chin and nose! But even a temperament is at times clouded. Madam Smith is indeed dejected, and cannot shine in her true colours. Occasionally the tall Captain puts in an appearance towards nightfall, scattering the clouds with the sun of that boisterous presence, more like a lover's than a husband's. But alas! (devil take the cursed necessity for so much circumspection his visits are made at rare intervals. How inexpressibly dull the periods Of his absence! What a Christmas without cake or candle-light, or the numerous company she loved! How ominous the near presence of Mrs. Leigh, so attentive, so unobtrusive, so capable! As the days advance the landlady's steady eye betrays an increased vigilance, and she manifests a tendency to hover about her lady's person. Sarah Redhead moves silently, discreetly, from room to room. The heavy atmosphere Of waiting, waiting, a sort of preter natural suspense settles over the inmates Of the house.
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Wearily and anxiously Madam Smith passes her days. Concealment sits heavily on one in whom the spirits Of youth and health in other circumstances did more than duty for the beauty which is so often and so arbitrarily supposed to be their accompanim'ent. AS if a temperament were not, for the honour and pride of youth, a more considerable possession than the complexion of a rose - leaf or the nice angle of chin and nose! But even a temperament is at times clouded. Madam Smith is indeed dejected, and cannot shine in her true colours. Occasionally the tall Captain puts in an appearance towards nightfall, scattering the clouds with the sun of that boisterous presence, more like a lover's than a husband's. But alas! (devil take the cursed necessity for so much circumspection his visits are made at rare intervals. How inexpressibly dull the periods Of his absence! What a Christmas without cake or candle-light, or the numerous company she loved! How ominous the near presence of Mrs. Leigh, so attentive, so unobtrusive, so capable! As the days advance the landlady's steady eye betrays an increased vigilance, and she manifests a tendency to hover about her lady's person. Sarah Redhead moves silently, discreetly, from room to room. The heavy atmosphere Of waiting, waiting, a sort of preter natural suspense settles over the inmates Of the house.
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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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- Publication date2020
- ISBN 10 0267150393
- ISBN 13 9780267150397
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages381
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