The Hampdens - A Historiette (1880) (Paperback)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III. LOVERS' PENITENCE IN MERRY ENGLAND. Lady Car Ewe was in no haste to reach the cottages. They were not her only object. She led the way through the flower- garden, and gathered the violets, and lingered over the hyacinths while they were sparkling with dew; and she described the Fawsley gardens in which Margaret was to take her delight. There was no trace of displeasure in her manner, and Henrietta was relieved and softened. When they had passed out upon the cliff, they sauntered in the morning sun, and dazzled their eyes with the glitter on the sea. When they had reached a recess, carpeted with grass, Lady Carewe proposed to sit awhile, and see the boats go out from the beach below. " Now my child," said she, " I wish you would open your heart to me as if I were your mother. You are as a daughter to me; and you always will be; and I wish to know of every care which troubles your mind." " Oh Aunt Indeed I cannot speak of that," replied Henrietta. " To you of all persons I can least say what I feel." " I hope to prove to you that that is a mistake, my love. I do not ask what trouble has come between you and Harry, because I know it." " I was sure he and you were consulting together last night," Henrietta said. " We were. My son has told me all. He sees where he was wrong. I see where you were both wrong; and I trust to seeand 1 you both right when you begin to discover how great a thing your mutual love is; how much too great a thing to be made the sport of passion?-" " Passion, Aunt " " Yes, passion in you, exciting passion in him. What but passion could make young creatures like you forget your ignorance of affairs which strain the best faculties of the best men in the nation ? What but passion could make either of you turn away from t...

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Imprint:	Kessinger Publishing Co
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	2010
First published:	2010
Authors:	Harriet Martineau
Illustrators:	John Everett Millais
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 11mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	214
ISBN-13:	978-1-120-88755-9
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Collections & anthologies of various literary forms Promotions
LSN:	1-120-88755-0
Barcode:	9781120887559

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