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"Before my husband married me, he loved another woman," she continued.
"That woman is now a widow. I felt certain that immediately after my
death he would seek her out and marry her. I could not bear the
thought--it possessed me day and night. That, and the terror of dying
alone, worked such a havoc within me that I b... | The Strand Magazine: Vol. 07, Issue 37, January, 1894.: An Illustrated Monthly | Various | ['en'] | 56 | {'Short stories, English -- Periodicals', 'English literature -- Periodicals'} | PG10020 | |||
Groping feebly with her hand she took mine.
"Dr. Halifax--promise."
"What?" I asked.
"I have failed, but let me keep his love, what little love he has for
me, before he marries that other woman. Promise that you will never
tell him."
"Rest easy," I answered, "I will never tell him."
Sir Henry entered the room.
I made ... | The Strand Magazine: Vol. 07, Issue 37, January, 1894.: An Illustrated Monthly | Various | ['en'] | 56 | {'Short stories, English -- Periodicals', 'English literature -- Periodicals'} | PG10020 | |||
When last I heard of Studley Grange it was let for a term of years and
Sir Henry had gone abroad. I have not heard that he has married again,
but he probably will, sooner or later.
* * * * *
_The Queen of Holland._
BY MARY SPENCER-WARREN.
Her Majesty the Queen-Regent of Holland has ... | The Strand Magazine: Vol. 07, Issue 37, January, 1894.: An Illustrated Monthly | Various | ['en'] | 56 | {'Short stories, English -- Periodicals', 'English literature -- Periodicals'} | PG10020 | |||
[Illustration: THE HALL OR RECEPTION-ROOM.
_From a Photo. by Gunn & Stuart, Richmond._]
I enter now at the rear of the building, which--situated in the Gedempte
Voorburgwal--is the entrance used by their Majesties. In spite of its
civic associations, when once inside there is much of the state and
grandeur inseparable... | The Strand Magazine: Vol. 07, Issue 37, January, 1894.: An Illustrated Monthly | Various | ['en'] | 56 | {'Short stories, English -- Periodicals', 'English literature -- Periodicals'} | PG10020 | |||
For a few minutes we thought our photographic work would be closed for a
season; but when spirits and energies revived, we began to think of the
camera and the very long exposure plate up at the top; so up we went
again with much clattering commotion to warn our enemies of our
approach, and thus you have a view that o... | The Strand Magazine: Vol. 07, Issue 37, January, 1894.: An Illustrated Monthly | Various | ['en'] | 56 | {'Short stories, English -- Periodicals', 'English literature -- Periodicals'} | PG10020 | |||
[Illustration: THE QUEEN OF HOLLAND.
_From a Photo. by W. G. Kuijer, Amsterdam._]
The chandeliers here are of very unique and costly appearance: Royal
Arms and crowns in ormolu, with pendants of curious device in pure
crystal; three hundred and sixty-four lights are here displayed.
While I have been looking round, att... | The Strand Magazine: Vol. 07, Issue 37, January, 1894.: An Illustrated Monthly | Various | ['en'] | 56 | {'Short stories, English -- Periodicals', 'English literature -- Periodicals'} | PG10020 | |||
[Illustration: THE QUEEN'S SITTING-ROOM.
_From a Photo. by Gunn & Stewart, Richmond._]
Leaving here, I pass on to a room which is of much importance, namely,
the sitting-room of Her Majesty the Queen. In the lifetime of the late
King it was his habit to pass very much of his time here; thus, this was
really His Majest... | The Strand Magazine: Vol. 07, Issue 37, January, 1894.: An Illustrated Monthly | Various | ['en'] | 56 | {'Short stories, English -- Periodicals', 'English literature -- Periodicals'} | PG10020 | |||
[Illustration: A CORNER OF THE QUEEN'S SITTING-ROOM.
_From a Photo. by Gunn & Stuart, Richmond._]
What will, no doubt, greatly interest you is the accompanying photograph
of small furniture specially made for her youthful Majesty, and used
exclusively by her. The frames are of the finest over-burnish, the plush
uphols... | The Strand Magazine: Vol. 07, Issue 37, January, 1894.: An Illustrated Monthly | Various | ['en'] | 56 | {'Short stories, English -- Periodicals', 'English literature -- Periodicals'} | PG10020 | |||
Facing the windows is a masterpiece of Jakob de Wit, "Moses Choosing the
Seventy Elders." The figures are life-size, the painting--extending the
entire length of the room--said to be the largest in Europe. There are
marble fireplaces at either end, over one "Solomon's Prayer," by G.
Flinck, and over the other "Jethro ... | The Strand Magazine: Vol. 07, Issue 37, January, 1894.: An Illustrated Monthly | Various | ['en'] | 56 | {'Short stories, English -- Periodicals', 'English literature -- Periodicals'} | PG10020 | |||
The Palace at Den Haag is before me now, but first perhaps you would
like to know something of the Palace at the Loo, a place I had the
privilege of seeing; though, as their Majesties were actually in
residence there, photographic work was not possible.
The Loo is near Apeldoorn, and some considerable distance from
Am... | The Strand Magazine: Vol. 07, Issue 37, January, 1894.: An Illustrated Monthly | Various | ['en'] | 56 | {'Short stories, English -- Periodicals', 'English literature -- Periodicals'} | PG10020 | |||
Four or five men in State liveries bow profoundly as I enter, one of
whom conducts me to an ante-room, and, after a short interval, through
some long corridors, up some stairs and into the presence of one of Her
Majesty's Gentlemen of the Household. A courteous interview with him,
and I am asked to wait for Her Majest... | The Strand Magazine: Vol. 07, Issue 37, January, 1894.: An Illustrated Monthly | Various | ['en'] | 56 | {'Short stories, English -- Periodicals', 'English literature -- Periodicals'} | PG10020 | |||
Back again to Amsterdam; and the next day off in quite an opposite
direction to Den Haag, one of the cleanest and most picturesque places I
have ever seen.
[Illustration: STATUE OF WILLIAM II, WITH THE CHURCH.
_From a Photo. by Gunn & Stuart, Richmond_.]
Here the Palace was built by William II. It is in the Grecian st... | The Strand Magazine: Vol. 07, Issue 37, January, 1894.: An Illustrated Monthly | Various | ['en'] | 56 | {'Short stories, English -- Periodicals', 'English literature -- Periodicals'} | PG10020 | |||
[Illustration: THE LARGE DINING-ROOM.
_From a Photo by Gunn & Stuart, Richmond._]
The large dining-room has some fine family portraits on its walls. The
first you will notice is that of William II., on horseback, leading an
attack; the artist (Keirzer) has produced a first-rate work of both man
and horse. Underneath t... | The Strand Magazine: Vol. 07, Issue 37, January, 1894.: An Illustrated Monthly | Various | ['en'] | 56 | {'Short stories, English -- Periodicals', 'English literature -- Periodicals'} | PG10020 | |||
[Illustration: SIDEBOARD AND MINIATURES IN SMALL DINING-ROOM.
_From a Photo by Gunn & Stuart, Richmond._]
The appointments here are again in the First Empire style. The view here
shown is looking into the small dining-room, the private dining-room of
their Majesties. In it there is to be seen a costly collection of
mi... | The Strand Magazine: Vol. 07, Issue 37, January, 1894.: An Illustrated Monthly | Various | ['en'] | 56 | {'Short stories, English -- Periodicals', 'English literature -- Periodicals'} | PG10020 | |||
This room will, of course, be the one where the young Queen will receive
when she commences to reign.
From here I went to view a suite of apartments, formerly the property of
Queen Sophia, the first Consort of the late King. These rooms are still
in the same condition as when Her Majesty died; they are very fine
rooms... | The Strand Magazine: Vol. 07, Issue 37, January, 1894.: An Illustrated Monthly | Various | ['en'] | 56 | {'Short stories, English -- Periodicals', 'English literature -- Periodicals'} | PG10020 | |||
[Illustration: THE LATE KING'S SITTING-ROOM.
_From a Photo. by Gunn & Stuart, Richmond._]
Then I pass on through the King's dining-room, a stately and
richly-appointed apartment. On through the Ministers' room, and so into
His Majesty's private sitting-room. Here I cannot but linger, there are
so many treasures rich a... | The Strand Magazine: Vol. 07, Issue 37, January, 1894.: An Illustrated Monthly | Various | ['en'] | 56 | {'Short stories, English -- Periodicals', 'English literature -- Periodicals'} | PG10020 | |||
Holland, with its youthful Queen, has a future we cannot wot of, but we
all hope it is a prosperous and bright one, and we all agree in thanking
Her Majesty the Queen-Regent for the opportunity of gaining this
information, and wish for her daughter all the happiness and wisdom that
she--the Royal mother--could desire ... | The Strand Magazine: Vol. 07, Issue 37, January, 1894.: An Illustrated Monthly | Various | ['en'] | 56 | {'Short stories, English -- Periodicals', 'English literature -- Periodicals'} | PG10020 | |||
[Illustration: A SMALL LUNCH.]
Personally, I am rather fond of frogs and toads. This, of course, in a
strictly platonic sense, and entirely apart from dinner. A toad I admire
even more than a frog, because of his gentlemanly calm. He never rushes
at his food ravenously, as do so many other creatures. Place a worm near... | The Strand Magazine: Vol. 07, Issue 37, January, 1894.: An Illustrated Monthly | Various | ['en'] | 56 | {'Short stories, English -- Periodicals', 'English literature -- Periodicals'} | PG10020 | |||
[Illustration: "THINK I COULD MANAGE THAT BEETLE, TYRRELL?"]
[Illustration: EVIL COMMUNICATIONS.]
Why one should speak of the Adorned Ceratophrys when the thing might
just as well be called the Barking Frog, I don't know. Let us compromise
and call him the Adorned C., in the manner of Mr. Wemmick. I respect the
Adorne... | The Strand Magazine: Vol. 07, Issue 37, January, 1894.: An Illustrated Monthly | Various | ['en'] | 56 | {'Short stories, English -- Periodicals', 'English literature -- Periodicals'} | PG10020 | |||
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With the distinction of residence in the main court of the reptile-house
itself, as also with the knowledge of its rarity, the Smooth-clawed
Frog sets no small value on himself. He liv... | The Strand Magazine: Vol. 07, Issue 37, January, 1894.: An Illustrated Monthly | Various | ['en'] | 56 | {'Short stories, English -- Periodicals', 'English literature -- Periodicals'} | PG10020 | |||
[Illustration: "HERE WE ARE!"]
[Illustration: "HOW DO? I'M OFF."]
[Illustration: "EH?"]
[Illustration: "WHAT?"]
[Illustration: "WHO'S THAT?"]
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By-the-bye, some green frogs are blue. That is to say, individuals of
the green species have been found of the skyey colour and sold at a good
price as rarities. ... | The Strand Magazine: Vol. 07, Issue 37, January, 1894.: An Illustrated Monthly | Various | ['en'] | 56 | {'Short stories, English -- Periodicals', 'English literature -- Periodicals'} | PG10020 | |||
"Never!" he cried; "never: Do you hear what I say?"
And as I looked at him beseechingly and with joined hands, he went on:--
"A pretty husband you look like!--without a sou, and dreaming of going
into housekeeping! A nice mess I should make of it, by giving you my
daughter! It's no use your insisting. You know that wh... | The Strand Magazine: Vol. 07, Issue 37, January, 1894.: An Illustrated Monthly | Various | ['en'] | 56 | {'Short stories, English -- Periodicals', 'English literature -- Periodicals'} | PG10020 | |||
But my uncle was not only a dealer in antiquities and a Municipal
Councillor, he was yet more, and above all, the father of my cousin
Rose, with whom I was naturally in love.
To come back to the point at which I digressed.
Without paying any attention to the sighs which exhaled from my bosom
while scouring the rust fr... | The Strand Magazine: Vol. 07, Issue 37, January, 1894.: An Illustrated Monthly | Various | ['en'] | 56 | {'Short stories, English -- Periodicals', 'English literature -- Periodicals'} | PG10020 | |||
My cousin said nothing; she only held down her eyes--while her cheeks
were as red as those of cherries in May.
I checked myself.
"Are you angry with me?" I asked, tremblingly. "Are you angry with me,
Rose?"
She held out to me her hand. On that, my heart seething with audacity,
my head on fire, I cried:--
"Rose--I swea... | The Strand Magazine: Vol. 07, Issue 37, January, 1894.: An Illustrated Monthly | Various | ['en'] | 56 | {'Short stories, English -- Periodicals', 'English literature -- Periodicals'} | PG10020 | |||
[Illustration: "MY UNCLE SAT SMOKING HIS PIPE AND WATCHING ME."]
The next day--ah, the next day!--I was no nearer. In vain, with clenched
teeth, I scoured the immense helmet brought by my uncle the previous
evening--scoured it with such fury as almost to break the iron; not an
idea came to me. The helmet shone like a ... | The Strand Magazine: Vol. 07, Issue 37, January, 1894.: An Illustrated Monthly | Various | ['en'] | 56 | {'Short stories, English -- Periodicals', 'English literature -- Periodicals'} | PG10020 | |||
But the helmet swayed so oddly on his shoulders, his voice came from out
it in such strange tones, that the more he gesticulated, the more he
yelled and threatened me, the louder I laughed.
At that moment the clock of the Hôtel-de-Ville, striking five, was
heard.
"The Municipal Council!" murmured my uncle, in a stifle... | The Strand Magazine: Vol. 07, Issue 37, January, 1894.: An Illustrated Monthly | Various | ['en'] | 56 | {'Short stories, English -- Periodicals', 'English literature -- Periodicals'} | PG10020 | |||
"It will come with the dessert," I thought.
Rose looked at me, and I avoided meeting her eyes. As I had expected,
the dessert over, my uncle lit his pipe, raised his head, and then--
"Rose--come here!"
Rose went to him.
"Do you know what that fellow there asked me to do, yesterday?"
I trembled like a leaf, and Rose di... | The Strand Magazine: Vol. 07, Issue 37, January, 1894.: An Illustrated Monthly | Various | ['en'] | 56 | {'Short stories, English -- Periodicals', 'English literature -- Periodicals'} | PG10020 | |||
[Illustration]
[Illustration: THE OX.]
Next to the dog there is no animal in which there is more variation of
sound than in oxen: "Their lowing, though rough and rude, is music to
the farmer's ear save one who moans the loss of her sportive young; with
wandering eye and anxious look she grieves the livelong day." It i... | The Strand Magazine: Vol. 07, Issue 37, January, 1894.: An Illustrated Monthly | Various | ['en'] | 56 | {'Short stories, English -- Periodicals', 'English literature -- Periodicals'} | PG10020 | |||
[Illustration]
[Illustration: FLY BUZZING.]
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[Illustration: DUCK.]
Gardiner, on the authority of Dr. Primatt, states that, to produce the
sound it makes, the house-fly must make 320 vibrations of its wings in
a second; or nearly 20,000 if it continues on the wing a minute. The
sound is invariably on the ... | The Strand Magazine: Vol. 07, Issue 37, January, 1894.: An Illustrated Monthly | Various | ['en'] | 56 | {'Short stories, English -- Periodicals', 'English literature -- Periodicals'} | PG10020 | |||
[Illustration: AGE 22.
_From a Painting._]
[Illustration: AGE 39.
_From a Painting by G. Richmond, R.A._]
[Illustration: PRESENT DAY.
_From a Photo. by Foster & Martin, Melbourne._]
MADAME BELLE COLE.
It was in Jubilee Year that the British public were first charmed by the
singing of this admirable American contralt... | The Strand Magazine: Vol. 07, Issue 37, January, 1894.: An Illustrated Monthly | Various | ['en'] | 56 | {'Short stories, English -- Periodicals', 'English literature -- Periodicals'} | PG10020 | |||
[Illustration: AGE 17.
_From a Photograph._]
[Illustration: AGE 23.
_From a Photo. by Wheeler & Day, Oxford._]
[Illustration: AGE 48.
_From a Photo. by H.S. Mendelssohn, Newcastle._]
[Illustration: PRESENT DAY.
_From a Photo. by Elliott & Fry._]
LORD WANTAGE.
BORN 1832.
Robert James Loyd-Lindsay, K.C.B., V.C. is the... | The Strand Magazine: Vol. 07, Issue 37, January, 1894.: An Illustrated Monthly | Various | ['en'] | 56 | {'Short stories, English -- Periodicals', 'English literature -- Periodicals'} | PG10020 | |||
[Illustration: AGE 20.
_From a Painting._]
[Illustration: AGE 30.
_From a Photo. by Southwell Brothers, Baker Street, London._]
[Illustration: AGE 42.
_From a Photo. by Bourne & Shepherd._]
[Illustration: PRESENT DAY.
_From a Photo. by Elliott & Fry._]
* * * * *
_A Terrible New Year's Ev... | The Strand Magazine: Vol. 07, Issue 37, January, 1894.: An Illustrated Monthly | Various | ['en'] | 56 | {'Short stories, English -- Periodicals', 'English literature -- Periodicals'} | PG10020 | |||
But there was no time to waste. After the simple mid-day meal there were
many things to be done, and all through the short winter day they were
busy. There was a bundle of warm wraps to be put together for Babette to
take with her. Her little trunk, with Pierre's cradle, and some odds and
ends of furniture, would foll... | The Strand Magazine: Vol. 07, Issue 37, January, 1894.: An Illustrated Monthly | Various | ['en'] | 56 | {'Short stories, English -- Periodicals', 'English literature -- Periodicals'} | PG10020 | |||
Farmer Jean had a man with him, and between them they got the poor
animal up, while Babette stood in the cold highway, her baby peeping
wonderingly from the folds of her cloak.
The horse was bruised and cut about the knees, but otherwise unhurt, so
the men resumed their places; Babette climbed back to hers, and the
he... | The Strand Magazine: Vol. 07, Issue 37, January, 1894.: An Illustrated Monthly | Various | ['en'] | 56 | {'Short stories, English -- Periodicals', 'English literature -- Periodicals'} | PG10020 | |||
[Illustration: "'CHEER UP, MY LASS', HE SAID KINDLY."]
"Cheer up, my lass," he said, kindly; "I too have missed the coach, and
I too must reach Brussels to-night. I have two thousand francs in notes
and gold in my pocketbook, which are the savings of a lifetime, and I am
going to pay them into the bank tomorrow. Then ... | The Strand Magazine: Vol. 07, Issue 37, January, 1894.: An Illustrated Monthly | Various | ['en'] | 56 | {'Short stories, English -- Periodicals', 'English literature -- Periodicals'} | PG10020 | |||
"I saw you coming," he explained, "so came to meet you. Madame"--with a
bow to Babette, polite for one so uncouth looking--"can go no further
to-night; the storm will not pass off yet. I live not far from here with
my mother and brothers, and if madame likes, we can all take shelter
under my humble roof. It is but a p... | The Strand Magazine: Vol. 07, Issue 37, January, 1894.: An Illustrated Monthly | Various | ['en'] | 56 | {'Short stories, English -- Periodicals', 'English literature -- Periodicals'} | PG10020 | |||
"It's the last good meal you'll get for some time, I'm thinking," she
croaked, as she watched them devouring their supper, "unless you turn to
and find more work than you've done lately. The landlord called for his
rent again to-day and swore he would wait no longer, but turn us out if
we did not pay in three days' ti... | The Strand Magazine: Vol. 07, Issue 37, January, 1894.: An Illustrated Monthly | Various | ['en'] | 56 | {'Short stories, English -- Periodicals', 'English literature -- Periodicals'} | PG10020 | |||
Babette could hear the pedlar moving backwards and forwards with
uncertain, tired footsteps. There was no sound below, even the wind was
hushed. She drew aside the curtains and looked out, and saw that the
snow had ceased to fall, and lay thick and white on the ground.
Then there came a sudden presentiment upon her. A... | The Strand Magazine: Vol. 07, Issue 37, January, 1894.: An Illustrated Monthly | Various | ['en'] | 56 | {'Short stories, English -- Periodicals', 'English literature -- Periodicals'} | PG10020 | |||
"To have risked so much for nothing!" whispered one. "Can she have it,
or was the old fool jesting with us?"
"It's a jest that has cost him dear," answered the other, as he watched
his brother search the girl's clothes and then slip his murderous hands
beneath her pillow. He withdrew them empty.
"Shall we settle her?"... | The Strand Magazine: Vol. 07, Issue 37, January, 1894.: An Illustrated Monthly | Various | ['en'] | 56 | {'Short stories, English -- Periodicals', 'English literature -- Periodicals'} | PG10020 | |||
Perhaps a wild idea of escaping into the cold, dark night outside, aided
by a sheet or blanket, flashed through her brain. If so, she soon
realized that it would not be practicable. The window was not high, but
it was small, and divided by thick, old-fashioned bars of iron. To get
out was impossible.
[Illustration: "S... | The Strand Magazine: Vol. 07, Issue 37, January, 1894.: An Illustrated Monthly | Various | ['en'] | 56 | {'Short stories, English -- Periodicals', 'English literature -- Periodicals'} | PG10020 | |||
Without stopping to think or look round again, she took up her boy and
descended the stairs, and entered the room where they had supped on the
previous night.
The old woman was its sole occupant now. She was bending over the fire
frying something for breakfast, and the table in the centre of the room
was prepared for ... | The Strand Magazine: Vol. 07, Issue 37, January, 1894.: An Illustrated Monthly | Various | ['en'] | 56 | {'Short stories, English -- Periodicals', 'English literature -- Periodicals'} | PG10020 | |||
"Oh, heavens! Why did I not see that sign last night?" the girl thought,
despairingly, as she trudged along the hard, frosty road. "It would have
saved his life and perhaps my reason."
She sped along faster and faster, for the house was now quite out of
sight. In the distance the way began to wind up-hill, and a stunt... | The Strand Magazine: Vol. 07, Issue 37, January, 1894.: An Illustrated Monthly | Various | ['en'] | 56 | {'Short stories, English -- Periodicals', 'English literature -- Periodicals'} | PG10020 | |||
"You seem tired." she, or rather he, said, always speaking in the same
low, thick tones. "Brussels is barely two miles off, and it is yet
early, but perhaps you have not rested well. Where did you sleep?"
Too well did the girl know why that question was asked her, and now that
her first sickening horror was over, her ... | The Strand Magazine: Vol. 07, Issue 37, January, 1894.: An Illustrated Monthly | Various | ['en'] | 56 | {'Short stories, English -- Periodicals', 'English literature -- Periodicals'} | PG10020 | |||
Wonder, horror, and bewilderment all dawned in turns on her hearers'
countenances, and it was not until she unpinned her baby's shawls and
handed the shabby pocket-book to the priest that they were quite certain
they had not to deal with some poor, wandering lunatic. But when the
money had been looked at and replaced,... | The Strand Magazine: Vol. 07, Issue 37, January, 1894.: An Illustrated Monthly | Various | ['en'] | 56 | {'Short stories, English -- Periodicals', 'English literature -- Periodicals'} | PG10020 | |||
With a heartfelt pang, hundreds read in an evening paper on October 20th
of the serious illness of Sir Andrew Clark, so truly spoken of by George
Eliot as "the beloved physician." Only the previous day he had presided
at the Annual Harveian Oration as President of the College of
Physicians.
He had more than one warnin... | The Strand Magazine: Vol. 07, Issue 37, January, 1894.: An Illustrated Monthly | Various | ['en'] | 56 | {'Short stories, English -- Periodicals', 'English literature -- Periodicals'} | PG10020 | |||
[Illustration: THE GRAVE IN ESSENDON CHURCHYARD.
_From a Photo. by Mavor & Meredith._]
Sir Andrew was born at Aberdeen in October, 1826. His father died when
he was seven years old, and his mother at his birth. To the end of his
life he regretted never having known a mother's love. His childhood,
spent with two uncles... | The Strand Magazine: Vol. 07, Issue 37, January, 1894.: An Illustrated Monthly | Various | ['en'] | 56 | {'Short stories, English -- Periodicals', 'English literature -- Periodicals'} | PG10020 | |||
Sir Andrew could not be judged of by the surface. As Sir Joseph Phayres
truly says: "I have known him intimately, and the more I knew him the
more I respected and admired him." Those who knew him best loved him
best. One has only to read how one leading man after another writes of
him with enthusiastic appreciation (i... | The Strand Magazine: Vol. 07, Issue 37, January, 1894.: An Illustrated Monthly | Various | ['en'] | 56 | {'Short stories, English -- Periodicals', 'English literature -- Periodicals'} | PG10020 | |||
His love of metaphysics, combined with a very high motive, made him
naturally interested in the _whole_ man--body, mind, and spirit. To
quote the words of a well-known bishop: "It was his intrepid honesty
which was so valuable a quality. In Sir Andrew Clark men felt that he
wished to do them good, and to do them the b... | The Strand Magazine: Vol. 07, Issue 37, January, 1894.: An Illustrated Monthly | Various | ['en'] | 56 | {'Short stories, English -- Periodicals', 'English literature -- Periodicals'} | PG10020 | |||
To explain what I mean I cannot do better than quote part of a letter
received since Sir Andrew's death, from a delicate, hardworking
clergyman, whom I have known some years. After speaking of Sir Andrew's
painstaking kindness, "never seeming the least hurried," he says: "He
had a wonderful way of inspiring one with c... | The Strand Magazine: Vol. 07, Issue 37, January, 1894.: An Illustrated Monthly | Various | ['en'] | 56 | {'Short stories, English -- Periodicals', 'English literature -- Periodicals'} | PG10020 | |||
[Illustration: THE READING ROOM--COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS.
_From a Photo. by Mavor & Meredith_]
He loved his work and never tired of it. He often told the story how
his first serious case, and encouraging cure, was himself. With severe
hemorrhage of the lungs, he was told it would be at the risk of his life
if he went on... | The Strand Magazine: Vol. 07, Issue 37, January, 1894.: An Illustrated Monthly | Various | ['en'] | 56 | {'Short stories, English -- Periodicals', 'English literature -- Periodicals'} | PG10020 | |||
In order to get through his work he had a light breakfast at 7.30, when
he read his letters, which were opened for him. From eight until two or
three he saw patients, his simple luncheon being taken in the
consulting-room. He would then go to the hospital, College of
Physicians, or some consultation; he had often afte... | The Strand Magazine: Vol. 07, Issue 37, January, 1894.: An Illustrated Monthly | Various | ['en'] | 56 | {'Short stories, English -- Periodicals', 'English literature -- Periodicals'} | PG10020 | |||
Literary people and brain-workers particularly interested him, and they
found in the kind doctor a friend who understood them. He would advise
all writing that involved thought to be done in the morning before
luncheon. The evening might be spent in "taking in" or reading up the
subject of a book or paper, but there m... | The Strand Magazine: Vol. 07, Issue 37, January, 1894.: An Illustrated Monthly | Various | ['en'] | 56 | {'Short stories, English -- Periodicals', 'English literature -- Periodicals'} | PG10020 | |||
[Illustration: THE HARRISON WARD--LONDON HOSPITAL.
_From a Photo. by Mavor & Meredith._]
To others who might get well, he would say: "Fight for your life."
Twelve years ago a lady (whom I met lately) had hemorrhage of the lungs
three times. She was told by seven doctors in the country that she "had
not a week to live.... | The Strand Magazine: Vol. 07, Issue 37, January, 1894.: An Illustrated Monthly | Various | ['en'] | 56 | {'Short stories, English -- Periodicals', 'English literature -- Periodicals'} | PG10020 | |||
[Illustration: NURSE HARRISON--LONDON HOSPITAL.
(The nurse who tended Sir Andrew Clark in his last illness.)
_From a Photograph by Mavor & Meredith._]
With respect to fees, he always took what was offered: sometimes he
would receive £500 for a long journey, sometimes two guineas. The
following is no doubt but one of m... | The Strand Magazine: Vol. 07, Issue 37, January, 1894.: An Illustrated Monthly | Various | ['en'] | 56 | {'Short stories, English -- Periodicals', 'English literature -- Periodicals'} | PG10020 | |||
[Illustration: FACSIMILE OF A PRESCRIPTION WRITTEN BY SIR ANDREW CLARK.]
The present Lord Tennyson writes: "We are among the many who are much
indebted to Sir Andrew Clark. It was in a great measure owing to him
that my father recovered from his dangerous attack of gout in 1888, when
'he was as near death as a man cou... | The Strand Magazine: Vol. 07, Issue 37, January, 1894.: An Illustrated Monthly | Various | ['en'] | 56 | {'Short stories, English -- Periodicals', 'English literature -- Periodicals'} | PG10020 | |||
One of Sir Andrew's holidays was a trip to Canada, when he accompanied
the Marquis of Lorne and Princess Louise, on the former being appointed
Governor-General there. This he did as a friend, and in no way in a
medical capacity. He was most popular on the voyage out among the
passengers, keeping the ship alive with jo... | The Strand Magazine: Vol. 07, Issue 37, January, 1894.: An Illustrated Monthly | Various | ['en'] | 56 | {'Short stories, English -- Periodicals', 'English literature -- Periodicals'} | PG10020 | |||
One subject that interested him very much was heredity, and he had, of
course, countless opportunities of studying it. "Temperance and
morality," he would say, "are most distinctly transmitted, especially by
the mother; but," said Sir Andrew, "in spite of heredity, I am what I
am by my own choice."
Sir Andrew was a gr... | The Strand Magazine: Vol. 07, Issue 37, January, 1894.: An Illustrated Monthly | Various | ['en'] | 56 | {'Short stories, English -- Periodicals', 'English literature -- Periodicals'} | PG10020 | |||
[Illustration: SIR ANDREW CLARK.
_From a Painting by G.F. Watts, R.A._]
Happily there are two portraits of Sir Andrew. The last beautifully
painted picture by Mr. Watts (which by the great kindness of the artist
is allowed to be reproduced in this sketch) was only finished a few days
before Sir Andrew was taken ill--f... | The Strand Magazine: Vol. 07, Issue 37, January, 1894.: An Illustrated Monthly | Various | ['en'] | 56 | {'Short stories, English -- Periodicals', 'English literature -- Periodicals'} | PG10020 | |||
Aye! But have you ever seen an original Dickens-letter? Have you ever
handled, not one, but hundreds of his documents--letters, franked
envelopes, cheques signed by Dickens, cheques indorsed by him, legal
agreements bearing his signature, and the original MSS. of his works?
Owing to the kindness of owners and guardian... | The Strand Magazine: Vol. 07, Issue 37, January, 1894.: An Illustrated Monthly | Various | ['en'] | 56 | {'Short stories, English -- Periodicals', 'English literature -- Periodicals'} | PG10020 | |||
[Illustration: NO. 3.--WRITTEN IN 1830.]
The next facsimile, No. 3, is remarkable as being almost the only full
signature out of hundreds I have seen which lacks the flourish; this
specimen is also worth notice, owing to the "droop" of every word below
the horizontal level from which each starts--a little piece of
ner... | The Strand Magazine: Vol. 07, Issue 37, January, 1894.: An Illustrated Monthly | Various | ['en'] | 56 | {'Short stories, English -- Periodicals', 'English literature -- Periodicals'} | PG10020 | |||
[Illustration: NO. 9.--WRITTEN IN 1837.]
The six facsimiles numbered 9 to 15 deserve special notice. The
originals were all written in the year 1837, and I have purposely shown
them because their extraordinary variations entirely negative the
popular idea about the uniformity of Dickens's handwriting, and because
thes... | The Strand Magazine: Vol. 07, Issue 37, January, 1894.: An Illustrated Monthly | Various | ['en'] | 56 | {'Short stories, English -- Periodicals', 'English literature -- Periodicals'} | PG10020 | |||
[Illustration: NO. 14.--WRITTEN IN 1837.]
[Illustration: AGE 30.
_From a Portrait-Bust by H. Dexter._]
No. 14 closes this series for the year 1837. It shows a quaint and
pretty signature on a wrapper.
[Illustration: NO. 15.--WRITTEN MARCH 12, 1841.
_(Announcing the Death of "Raven", a prominent character in "Barnaby
R... | The Strand Magazine: Vol. 07, Issue 37, January, 1894.: An Illustrated Monthly | Various | ['en'] | 56 | {'Short stories, English -- Periodicals', 'English literature -- Periodicals'} | PG10020 | |||
[Illustration: NO. 21.--WRITTEN JULY 22, 1854.]
[Illustration: CHARLES DICKENS IN HIS STUDY, 1854.
_From the Picture by E.M. Ward, R.A._]
[Illustration: AGE 44.
_From the Painting by Ary Scheffer_.]
No. 21 is a stray illustration of clever and gracefully-executed
movements which abound in Dickens's letters.
[Illustrat... | The Strand Magazine: Vol. 07, Issue 37, January, 1894.: An Illustrated Monthly | Various | ['en'] | 56 | {'Short stories, English -- Periodicals', 'English literature -- Periodicals'} | PG10020 | |||
[Illustration: NO. 27.--WRITTEN JUNE 7, 1866.]
[Illustration: CHARLES DICKENS READING TO HIS DAUGHTERS, 1863.
_From a Photograph by R. H. Mason._]
No. 27 shows the endorsement on a cheque.
[Illustration: NO. 28.--WRITTEN JUNE 6, 1870 (THREE DAYS BEFORE DEATH).]
[Illustration: NO. 29.--WRITTEN JUNE 8, 1870 (ONE DAY BEF... | The Strand Magazine: Vol. 07, Issue 37, January, 1894.: An Illustrated Monthly | Various | ['en'] | 56 | {'Short stories, English -- Periodicals', 'English literature -- Periodicals'} | PG10020 | |||
* * * * *
NOTE:--Considerations of space and of the avoidance of technicalities
have prevented a really full account of the written gesture of Charles
Dickens; scanty as the foregoing account is, the illustrations it
contains could not have been supplied by any one collector of Charles
D... | The Strand Magazine: Vol. 07, Issue 37, January, 1894.: An Illustrated Monthly | Various | ['en'] | 56 | {'Short stories, English -- Periodicals', 'English literature -- Periodicals'} | PG10020 | |||
It was, of course, the first time in his life that Kiki-Tsum had ever
gazed on such a thing. He looked carefully at it, and to his intense
astonishment saw the image of a brown face, with dark, intelligent eyes,
and a look of awestruck wonderment expressed on its features.
Kiki-Tsum dropped on his knees, and gazing ea... | The Strand Magazine: Vol. 07, Issue 37, January, 1894.: An Illustrated Monthly | Various | ['en'] | 56 | {'Short stories, English -- Periodicals', 'English literature -- Periodicals'} | PG10020 | |||
[Illustration: "WHAT WAS IT SHE SAW?"]
Now the Japanese women are as persevering as any others when there is a
mystery to be discovered, and so Lili-Tsee set herself to discover this
mystery. She hunted day after day to see if she could find some trace of
anything in that little room which was at all unusual, but she ... | The Strand Magazine: Vol. 07, Issue 37, January, 1894.: An Illustrated Monthly | Various | ['en'] | 56 | {'Short stories, English -- Periodicals', 'English literature -- Periodicals'} | PG10020 | |||
"So this is the love you professed for me! This is the way in which you
treat me, before we have even been married a year!"
"What do you mean, Lili-Tsee?" asked her husband, in consternation,
thinking that his poor wife had taken leave of her senses.
"What do I mean? What do you mean? I should think. The idea of your
... | The Strand Magazine: Vol. 07, Issue 37, January, 1894.: An Illustrated Monthly | Various | ['en'] | 56 | {'Short stories, English -- Periodicals', 'English literature -- Periodicals'} | PG10020 | |||
"My children, my children," said the holy _bonze_, majestically, "show
me the portraits."
"Here it is; there is only one, but it is one too many," said Lili-Tsee,
sarcastically.
The _bonze_ took the glass and looked at it earnestly. He then bowed low
before it, and in an altered tone said: "My children, settle your
qu... | The Strand Magazine: Vol. 07, Issue 37, January, 1894.: An Illustrated Monthly | Various | ['en'] | 56 | {'Short stories, English -- Periodicals', 'English literature -- Periodicals'} | PG10020 | |||
Even if those who wished to consult him were so fortunate as to find
him, all their efforts to force him to exert his gifts of prophecy were
useless, for he was endowed with the power of changing himself into all
things, and he eluded their grasp by becoming a flame of fire or a drop
of water. There was one thing, how... | The Strand Magazine: Vol. 07, Issue 37, January, 1894.: An Illustrated Monthly | Various | ['en'] | 56 | {'Short stories, English -- Periodicals', 'English literature -- Periodicals'} | PG10020 | |||
[Illustration: NO. 1.--THE "FLEXIBLE."]
The other kind of form known as the "Flexible" (No. 1) resembled in
general outlines the handcuffs used every day by detectives.
Contrivances, chiefly the result of American ingenuity, for the rapid
and effectual securing of prisoners have not been wanting, and among
them the "S... | The Strand Magazine: Vol. 07, Issue 37, January, 1894.: An Illustrated Monthly | Various | ['en'] | 56 | {'Short stories, English -- Periodicals', 'English literature -- Periodicals'} | PG10020 | |||
Even when handcuffed, we present to a clever and muscular ruffian one of
the most formidable weapons of offence he could possibly possess, as he
can, and frequently does, inflict the deadliest blows upon his captor.
Another great drawback is the fact that these handcuffs do not fit all
wrists, and often the officer is... | The Strand Magazine: Vol. 07, Issue 37, January, 1894.: An Illustrated Monthly | Various | ['en'] | 56 | {'Short stories, English -- Periodicals', 'English literature -- Periodicals'} | PG10020 | |||
Any attempt to escape is quickly ended by the pain to which the officer
who holds the instrument can inflict by a mere turn of his hand. One
wrist only is under control, but as the slightest sign of a struggle is
met by an infliction of torture, the French system is more effective
than the English.
[Illustration: NO. ... | The Strand Magazine: Vol. 07, Issue 37, January, 1894.: An Illustrated Monthly | Various | ['en'] | 56 | {'Short stories, English -- Periodicals', 'English literature -- Periodicals'} | PG10020 | |||
I was once bringing from Leith an Austrian sailor who was charged with
ripping open his mate, and as I considered that I had a disagreeable
character to deal with, I handcuffed him. Naturally, he found the
confinement irksome, and on our journey he repeatedly implored me to
take them off promising that he would make n... | The Strand Magazine: Vol. 07, Issue 37, January, 1894.: An Illustrated Monthly | Various | ['en'] | 56 | {'Short stories, English -- Periodicals', 'English literature -- Periodicals'} | PG10020 | |||
* * * * *
_The Family Name._
From the French of HENRI MALIN
[Illustration]
I.
One afternoon, Mons. Sauvallier received from his younger son--a
lieutenant in garrison at Versailles--the following letter:
"Versailles, May 25, 1883.
"MY DEAR FATHER,
"A terrible catastrophe has befallen me,... | The Strand Magazine: Vol. 07, Issue 37, January, 1894.: An Illustrated Monthly | Various | ['en'] | 56 | {'Short stories, English -- Periodicals', 'English literature -- Periodicals'} | PG10020 | |||
And now, in spite of all his precautions, a disaster greater than any he
had dreamed of had overwhelmed him.
[Illustration: "HE ROSE WITH DIFFICULTY."]
Leaning back wearily in his arm-chair, with haggard eyes he re-read his
son's letter, in order to assure himself that he was not dreaming. Yes!
It was too true! Camill... | The Strand Magazine: Vol. 07, Issue 37, January, 1894.: An Illustrated Monthly | Various | ['en'] | 56 | {'Short stories, English -- Periodicals', 'English literature -- Periodicals'} | PG10020 | |||
But the child soon observed the sadness of her parents and her dear
grandfather, and she looked with earnest, inquiring gaze from one to the
other, trying to discover what was amiss. She saw her father lay down
his pocket-book, she watched her mother place upon the table her
bracelets, necklaces, ear-rings, and rings,... | The Strand Magazine: Vol. 07, Issue 37, January, 1894.: An Illustrated Monthly | Various | ['en'] | 56 | {'Short stories, English -- Periodicals', 'English literature -- Periodicals'} | PG10020 | |||
One year passed, then another. The foundry still flourished; work
positively raged therein. It had no rest; it also, as though endowed
with a conscience, did its duty nobly. Its furnaces glowed like ardent
eyes; its mighty puffing and snorting shook the ground: the molten
metal, red and fuming, flowed from its crucibl... | The Strand Magazine: Vol. 07, Issue 37, January, 1894.: An Illustrated Monthly | Various | ['en'] | 56 | {'Short stories, English -- Periodicals', 'English literature -- Periodicals'} | PG10020 | |||
His act of heroic energy stirred the enthusiasm of Press and populace,
and the name of Sauvallier was on every lip. Camille's portrait appeared
in the shop-windows; the illustrated journals depicted him before the
redoubt, carried upon the shoulders of two men, his sword pointed
towards the enemy, encouraging his sold... | The Strand Magazine: Vol. 07, Issue 37, January, 1894.: An Illustrated Monthly | Various | ['en'] | 56 | {'Short stories, English -- Periodicals', 'English literature -- Periodicals'} | PG10020 | |||
Father and son, locked together in closest embrace, mingled their sobs,
while Auguste and his wife, looking on, wept in sympathy.
The silence was broken by Andrée. The child had vanished for a moment,
but speedily reappeared, fondling her precious doll, which, it is
needless to say, had not been sold. Holding it out t... | The Strand Magazine: Vol. 07, Issue 37, January, 1894.: An Illustrated Monthly | Various | ['en'] | 56 | {'Short stories, English -- Periodicals', 'English literature -- Periodicals'} | PG10020 | |||
"I had a Dwarf with me once--Major Microbe is what we called him on the
bills, where he was advertised as the 'Smallest Man in the World,'
which, of course, he wasn't; but, then, every Dwarf is always advertised
that way. It's a custom of the profession, and we don't consider it to
be lying, any more than a President ... | The Strand Magazine: Vol. 07, Issue 37, January, 1894.: An Illustrated Monthly | Various | ['en'] | 56 | {'Short stories, English -- Periodicals', 'English literature -- Periodicals'} | PG10020 | |||
"I knew well enough that in course of time the Dwarf would get square
with the Giant, no matter how long it might take and how much it might
cost. He was as revengeful as a Red Indian. I warned the Giant that he
must keep a sharp look-out, or the Dwarf would do him a mischief; but he
said 'he calculated he was big eno... | The Strand Magazine: Vol. 07, Issue 37, January, 1894.: An Illustrated Monthly | Various | ['en'] | 56 | {'Short stories, English -- Periodicals', 'English literature -- Periodicals'} | PG10020 | |||
"At that time I had a Female Samson. She wasn't the Combined Female
Contortionist and Strongest Woman in the World that is in my show at
present, but she was in about the same line of business. These Strong
Women are all genuine, you understand. You can embellish them a little
on the handbills, and you can announce th... | The Strand Magazine: Vol. 07, Issue 37, January, 1894.: An Illustrated Monthly | Various | ['en'] | 56 | {'Short stories, English -- Periodicals', 'English literature -- Periodicals'} | PG10020 | |||
"One of the Female Samson's best feats was done in company with the
Dwarf and the Giant. She had a horizontal bar fixed on the stage, about
ten feet above the floor. On this bar she used to swing head downwards,
just hooking her knees around it, as all the trapeze artists do. It
looks sort of uncomfortable, but it is ... | The Strand Magazine: Vol. 07, Issue 37, January, 1894.: An Illustrated Monthly | Various | ['en'] | 56 | {'Short stories, English -- Periodicals', 'English literature -- Periodicals'} | PG10020 | |||
"The woman would naturally have shrieked when she felt the pin, but she
had her mouth full of the Giant, and she couldn't do more than mumble a
little in a half-smothered sort of way. The Dwarf paid no attention to
that, but gave her another eye-opener with the pin. It went in about an
inch, judging from what the Fema... | The Strand Magazine: Vol. 07, Issue 37, January, 1894.: An Illustrated Monthly | Various | ['en'] | 56 | {'Short stories, English -- Periodicals', 'English literature -- Periodicals'} | PG10020 | |||
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Tenterhooks
[Book 2 of The Little Ottleys]
by Ada Leverson
1912
TO ROBERT ROSS
CHAPTER I
A Verbal Invitation
Because Edith had not been feeling very well, that seemed no reason why
she should be the centre of interest; and Bruce, with that jealousy of
the privileges of the invalid and in that... | Tenterhooks | Leverson, Ada | 1862 | 1933 | ['en'] | 20 | {'Man-woman relationships -- Fiction', 'London (England) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction'} | PG10021 | |
'Yes, dear, Mygraine's a nice name, too,' said Mrs Ottley, in her
humouring way, 'and so is Vaselyn. But what does it really matter? I
shouldn't hold out on a point like this. One gets used to a name. Let
the poor child be called Asparagus if he wishes it, and let him feel he
has got his own way.'
So the young girl wa... | Tenterhooks | Leverson, Ada | 1862 | 1933 | ['en'] | 20 | {'Man-woman relationships -- Fiction', 'London (England) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction'} | PG10021 | |
'Oh! Exchange, _why_ are you ringing off? _Please_ try again.... Do I
want any number? Yes, I do want any number, of course, or why should I
ring up?... I want 6375 Gerrard.'
Here Archie interposed.
'Mother, can I have your long buttonhook?'
'No, Archie, you can't just now, dear.... Go away Archie.... Yes, I
said 6375... | Tenterhooks | Leverson, Ada | 1862 | 1933 | ['en'] | 20 | {'Man-woman relationships -- Fiction', 'London (England) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction'} | PG10021 | |
'Do I know the _Mitchells_? Mitchell, your hero in your office, that
you're always being offended with--at _least_ I know the Mitchells by
_name_. I ought to.'
'Well, what do you think they've done? They've asked us to dinner.'
'Have they? Fancy!'
'Yes, and what I thought was so particularly jolly of him was that it
w... | Tenterhooks | Leverson, Ada | 1862 | 1933 | ['en'] | 20 | {'Man-woman relationships -- Fiction', 'London (England) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction'} | PG10021 | |
'But, Mother, I've got it.... I can soon mend it, Mother.'
On Sunday evening Bruce's high spirits seemed to flag; he had one of
his sudden reactions. He looked at everything on its dark side.
'What on earth's that thing in your hair, Edith?'
'It's a bandeau.'
'I don't like it. Your hair looks very nice without it. Wha... | Tenterhooks | Leverson, Ada | 1862 | 1933 | ['en'] | 20 | {'Man-woman relationships -- Fiction', 'London (England) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction'} | PG10021 | |
'You are perfectly right,' said Edith: 'the bankruptcy of an old friend
and colleague could be no satisfaction to any man.'
Hamilton Gardens was a gloomy little place, like a tenement building
out of Marylebone Road. Bruce, in trying to ring the bell,
unfortunately turned out all the electric light in the house, and w... | Tenterhooks | Leverson, Ada | 1862 | 1933 | ['en'] | 20 | {'Man-woman relationships -- Fiction', 'London (England) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction'} | PG10021 | |
'What dinner at the Mitchells'? There doesn't seem to be any.'
'Do you know,' Bruce continued his train of thought, 'I felt certain
somehow that it would be a failure. Wasn't it odd? I often think I'm a
pessimist, and yet look how well I'm taking it. I'm more like a
fatalist--sometimes I hardly know what I am.'
'I cou... | Tenterhooks | Leverson, Ada | 1862 | 1933 | ['en'] | 20 | {'Man-woman relationships -- Fiction', 'London (England) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction'} | PG10021 | |
Bruce was in good spirits again; he was pleased too, because he was
going to the theatre that evening with Edith and Vincy, to see a play
that he thought wouldn't be very good. He had almost beforehand settled
what he thought of it, and practically what he intended to say.
But when he came in that evening he was overh... | Tenterhooks | Leverson, Ada | 1862 | 1933 | ['en'] | 20 | {'Man-woman relationships -- Fiction', 'London (England) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction'} | PG10021 | |
'Well, she didn't exactly teach me to say it--she didn't give me
lessons in it--but she says it herself. She said the damned chameleon
was lovely; and I want to see it. She didn't say I ought to see it. But
I want to. I've been wanting to ever since. She said it at lunch today,
and I do want to. Lots of other boys go ... | Tenterhooks | Leverson, Ada | 1862 | 1933 | ['en'] | 20 | {'Man-woman relationships -- Fiction', 'London (England) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction'} | PG10021 | |
But when people fancied from this look of his that he was an
empty-headed fop they soon found themselves immensely mistaken.
He was thirty-eight, but looked a gilded youth of twenty; and _was_
sufficiently gilded (as he said), not perhaps exactly to be
comfortable, but to enable him to get about comfortably, and see t... | Tenterhooks | Leverson, Ada | 1862 | 1933 | ['en'] | 20 | {'Man-woman relationships -- Fiction', 'London (England) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction'} | PG10021 | |
Vincy was pleased with the story of the Mitchells that Edith told him,
and she was glad to hear that he knew the Mitchells and had been to the
house.
'How like you to know everyone. What did they do?'
'The night I was there they played games,' said Vincy. He spoke in a
soft, even voice. 'It was just a little--well--pe... | Tenterhooks | Leverson, Ada | 1862 | 1933 | ['en'] | 20 | {'Man-woman relationships -- Fiction', 'London (England) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction'} | PG10021 | |
'Rather quaint and pretty, I think. I like the effect,' he said,
handing it back to Bruce.
'It may be quaint and pretty, and it may be the latest thing, and it
may be jade,' said Bruce rather sarcastically, 'but I'm not a slave to
fashion. I never was. And I don't see any use whatever in an opera
glass that makes ever... | Tenterhooks | Leverson, Ada | 1862 | 1933 | ['en'] | 20 | {'Man-woman relationships -- Fiction', 'London (England) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction'} | PG10021 | |
Edith was not a vain woman, not even much interested in dress, though
she had a quick eye and a sure impressionistic gift for it. She was
always an immense favourite with women, who felt subconsciously
grateful to her for her wonderful forbearance. To have the power and
not to use it! To be so pretty, yet never _to ta... | Tenterhooks | Leverson, Ada | 1862 | 1933 | ['en'] | 20 | {'Man-woman relationships -- Fiction', 'London (England) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction'} | PG10021 | |
Edith jumped up at once.
'Oh dear! Tell Master Archie I'm coming.'
She ran into the nursery and found Archie and Dilly both looking rather
excited; Archie, fairly self-controlled, with a paper in his hand on
which was a rough sketch which he would not let her see, and hid behind
him.
'Mother,' Archie began in a low, s... | Tenterhooks | Leverson, Ada | 1862 | 1933 | ['en'] | 20 | {'Man-woman relationships -- Fiction', 'London (England) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction'} | PG10021 | |
'Oh-h-h,' she shuddered.
'Yes,' said Archie solemnly. 'It has large claws coming out of its
head.'
'Its head! Good gracious!'
'It has claws here and claws there; claws coming out of the eyes; and
claws coming out of the ears; and claws coming out of its shoulders;
and claws coming out of the forehead!'
Edith shivered ... | Tenterhooks | Leverson, Ada | 1862 | 1933 | ['en'] | 20 | {'Man-woman relationships -- Fiction', 'London (England) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction'} | PG10021 |
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