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the mansion when returned just at breakfast time and said that she and mary had stayed all night at the summer house the weather was unusually warm for the season and it was much cooler by the lake found letters from her parents that had just been brought from the post office and she read them with flutter what was tha... | 1 |
they tried to plan out their future she had money enough of her own to support them for a year or two if both their fathers remained and after that would be earning something at his profession when i am twenty one there is nearly two thousand dollars beside for me she said from a sum my grandfather left me we shall wan... | 1 |
to sleep always at the cottage and that she herself would show out and lock the gate and door behind him mary did not know that the time the young man left grew later and later until at last he hardly escaped from the wood before the sun rose over the eastern hills even had she seen him go at that hour she would never ... | 1 |
ears he turned quickly to see whose it was thinking to shape his conduct accordingly the stern face of his father was something however for which he had made no preparation and his eyes fell before it as he stopped to allow of his approach you are out early was s first greeting yes i did not sleep well and i thought a ... | 1 |
been with us faltered smiled it will not answer to say that to me he said u i tell you i am not going by guess work i love you with all my soul but i would rather see your corpse brought to my gate than to have you marry the daughter of after what i know s teeth ah he cried you are a cruel man your hatred has led you t... | 1 |
had felt arrayed against it all the forces of his being but now it came back to him and would not be driven out of his memory a wife a mother by and by of his children was there anything in the that she who had permitted herself to yield once to love might again find herself in some new field unable to withstand tempta... | 1 |
and yet this father in the midst of his plot loved that son of his in anything else he would have laid down his life to save him his hatred had so choked his judgment that he really believed he was doing what would in the end bring to the greatest happiness it was late the next morning before the sick young man opened ... | 1 |
the sun went down eight o clock again nine i there was nothing to sustain her any longer and she gave vent to her grief in copious tears then as if she had not enough to bear her down a new trouble came a letter was brought to the cottage by one of the house servants bearing the new york and in it was most startling ne... | 1 |
less than an understood engagement could explain this though the were and gave no satisfaction to those who tried to pump them on the subject mary was greatly grieved at the turn affairs had taken as she knew that had suffered intense distress about it she had never ceased to think that they were a couple that nature h... | 1 |
mrs s party i do not mean to remain with it beyond a a certain time then you will return this winter perhaps no that is not certain she seemed so confused that he hastened to relieve her by saying that he supposed her plans were like those of other travellers on circumstances he asked however that he might have the pri... | 1 |
of no one else one that i would not think of asking did i not believe in the and of your nature he trembled with apprehension but he said she could ask him what she wished and he would pledge himself in advance to do it you say i am ill she went on after a pause it is true there is no need of calling a physician for i ... | 1 |
arms with her lips to his and her hair wound around his eyes that he might not see the that her cheek a deeper color than had her form with youth never been clasped to his heart had she never whispered to hi glowing and had they never sworn to each other that life itself should be too short u prove their constancy v th... | 1 |
mind his father found him when he came to have a final talk upon the situation thb bj m it is time that i spoke to you plainly he with that hard cold ring to his voice that his son had of late learned to know so well you have now been in england nearly a month what excuse can you find for longer your marriage i know wh... | 1 |
he had so now alas too late to be of use and with a few words that bade him be of better courage said good by to him until the next day clung with something like fear to her father ere they separated and he had all he could do to restrain his feelings had hardly entered the carriage which was to take his bride and hims... | 1 |
must do something what what what he went into a hotel and wrote the letter he had decided upon he walked after that through streets with the fearful question till the clock struck ten then he saw a carriage standing in front of a handsome residence and a man being forced down the steps and heard a cry for help where ri... | 1 |
word of warning but how could he have the to do that when he did not even know her name the veil over her face concealed her identity the carriage that brought her had gone its way there was no one to ask and the lady herself was out of his reach it must be imagination he started to walk away trying to make himself bel... | 1 |
the hands of the attendant were raised you ought to know that this is no place for quarrels he said if your husband wishes you to go it is his affair give me twenty five pounds and retire quietly twenty five devils retorted he had not half the sum mentioned with him was trying vainly all this time to release s grasp wh... | 1 |
him there he was much surprised to see and together by noon he felt strong enough to ask the questions that rose to his mind and when he was alone with having retired to take the rest she needed he began his i can t talk much he said but tell me one thing is she your wife stared at him she who he asked why what an idea... | 1 |
you and to this sinful earth he went on during all my childhood during the early days of my manhood if indeed i have ever been worthy to be called a man i loved you both with such intensity that i could discover no difference between you i could not bear to contemplate the day when i should have to give either of you u... | 1 |
pleasant and places on the shores of the where you can finish the winter and there are villages to the north where you can pass the heated term that follows and shall we ever see you he asked for it seemed like parting from a guardian angel perhaps she answered cheerfully it will depend on how well you behave is to to ... | 1 |
a wonder of wonders that time has made such a king out of the happy go lucky chap i used to know at school when you first began to talk like this to me i thought it merely a new phase of the old humor i remembered so well but you have kept it up till i actually am compelled to believe you really mean it i should think ... | 1 |
don t stare at me like that harry i am fully aware of what i am saying i have sufficient pride in the name of the father of his country who was much more than a great soldier but i maintain that did a higher service for the human race than washington when in his at discovered the way to make a successful sewing machine... | 1 |
too outrageous or an especially maker of speeches to favor foreign parts with his presence but in most cases his enemies are left at liberty to drink to his discomfiture as often as they please and thus they go on treason with their coffee and their bread with against the best government they ever had it is the only ki... | 1 |
not want you to cease coming and if there is no other way to arrange it i will see that the children are kept in another part of the house when you are here the of disposition which had become an part of the old maid could not be kept from the surface i don t think you want me to come she said as they entered the parlo... | 1 |
to anything like of time o web id s notes or mercy to in any other l he cultivated of the acres he owned only a little garden that supplied his table with vegetables and managed by the sweat of other men s brows not merely to live but to add handsomely to his earthly possessions all that he had was his by the law but i... | 1 |
mean to press the payment of the principal exclaimed mr the perspiration breaking out all over him why the security is perfect the note doesn t half cover what i paid for the place you know that as well as i yes sir yes sir came the answer i know it sir but i am calling in all my in to invest them in another place yes ... | 1 |
mr had gone to boston leaving his young bride at the hotel the dying flames of gossip were into a momentary by this announcement for the explanation that business required his attention did not satisfy the villagers the universal sentiment was that in that case he should have taken with him she had never been anywhere ... | 1 |
the he has a great deal on his mind i understand the cause ot his and i am perfectly satisfied you must see that he loves me very much he paid a great deal for this house and i have a book on the bank with more money than i need to use you must not no you really must not say anything to annoy him the maiden lady had a ... | 1 |
of all if you will listen to the strange story of my married life i will tell it to you so intimate had been the relations of these two men that had reason to believe this matter of the only secret between them as they had been inseparable and husband s in later life harry had gone on his long voyage they had been the ... | 1 |
the words from my mouth and told him everything upon which the professor in the most open hearted manner expressed his regret at my disappointment and his approval of the conduct of his we shall be glad he said to welcome you on all occasions to our home and hope you will consider yourself whenever convenient a veritab... | 1 |
of her sacrificing herself to pay the debt of gratitude which he had charged up against her then a new idea gradually worked its way into my brain could not prevent miss s marriage could i not do something to convince her that i did not care what there was only one way i must also marry harry could not suppress an excl... | 1 |
to the public about her house was the fact that the doors were thrown open on two evenings of each week to a very bright party of people of all shades of belief and opinions who found it a delightful centre for the of ideas and the making of interesting acquaintances there was usually a large party present but it was o... | 1 |
to have something of importance to communicate and miss took occasion to express her doubts as to whether some people knew quite as many secrets as they wished others to infer i have heard a said mr that mr is married oh that s not possible i cried miss i am sure miss would not encourage him so openly if he were i don ... | 1 |
hear the did i not tell you he was very bright she whispered how could prevent the great among children inquired the gentleman it would not prevent it but the little would not rise up against us as we pass the gentleman declared that this was a mere begging of the question but somehow the new thought seemed to have the... | 1 |
making another move on his board would of course include the right of deciding what tenants if any he would have upon his land and the right to summon the constituted to all who miss at home to leave when even to the last soul that s a fantastic conception i must say exclaimed mr but under the conditions imagined quite... | 1 |
needed a new sensation agreeable as is elegant leisure in itself the man who has saxon blood in his veins can hardly help being after a while the far that contents the italian will weary the american in time realized that there was something very peculiar in the experience of his friend he pronounced it positively uniq... | 1 |
frequently in for of the liquor laws it was observed of mr that he knew how to use judgment and even the most ardent of the men admitted that if was a good thing to know where a little of the ardent could be got in a hurry in case of sickness once a minister s life had been saved by a dose of the landlord s brandy for ... | 1 |
such fountains statues and beds of bright flowers the are so superb the river winding almost all around the city is walled with white stone and crossed bv many bridges under which the pleasure boats dart like at night innumerable lamps the where thousands of men and women sit out of doors at little tables eating drinki... | 1 |
grateful to him for the pains he had taken while they were thus engaged a nurse called mrs away for a few moments and when she returned she told him that she had been to kiss her children good night upon which he begged her if it was not too late to allow them to come in for a minute the elder was dark not too dark lik... | 1 |
for a few days he wanted to see miss whose invitation came promptly to hand and he also thought it best not to allow the to note that he was too constant a visitor at the home of the deserted wife arriving at boston he went to young s hotel which was in those days the especial and popular place for the of single gentle... | 1 |
particular star of the circle said with an odd his name is you may have heard of him thought quickly he did not mean to break his promise to miss and yet he wan ted to hear all he could about s connection with the house the simplest and easiest way that of was decided upon i have heard of mr he said i have a friend who... | 1 |
of your argument last night she was certainly candid but the frank way in which she spoke surprised him a little yes and i have been friends from childhood he said he has known you for a long time also i believe quite long eight or nine years ah before his marriage then he did not think it very good to come to the poin... | 1 |
his mental equal if that is what you mean she bowed an affirmative is not that quite enough to justify the use of the word unfortunate in the case of a man like she asked he admitted m but her husband s into a marriage of this kind in which the wife is an innocent victim does he not owe her a which the previously exist... | 1 |
he the rules in all his intercourse with me he was enough to tell her that some people had thought otherwise yes she answered seeing me reflected in the mirror of their own minds what they think is nothing to me so long as none of them the subject and that the most intimate of my friends have not dared to do you are th... | 1 |
of a letter he might have at it because he was not an expert in hand writing and all the pointed in an opposite direction but he had seen and heard her and no shadow of doubt was left that she spoke the truth as he thought it all over he could not tell whether the state of affairs that he had found would tend to or the... | 1 |
been passed among primitive surroundings was unfortunately ignorant of both of these accomplishments more than this she had no notion of the extent to which had discussed her family affairs she had no idea that a gentleman who happened to stay a week at the hotel would be likely to hear anything whatever about her priv... | 1 |
old maids have the best children it must seem quite ridiculous to hear a bachelor over the delights of constant association between husband and wife but my theories are harmless ones or will be if they don t bore you too much i am not single from conviction that it is the best state in which to live but merely because ... | 1 |
visit her happened to walk home with her from some public occasion and talk half an hour at the gate before they parted in this way he found it worth his while to remain in all the rest of the summer to be sure he went away occasionally for a few days at a time to new york or boston generally boston miss gave up her th... | 1 |
did not speak but he listened attentively how may a woman be won pursued speaking like a professor of the science by exciting in her breast admiration at first and affection afterward no man can excite admiration who a bad temper at the slightest provocation who never is seen to smile and who shows on all occasions suc... | 1 |
adjacent field and came back with their hands full of wild flowers drove back to town as was his custom by a road and was much astonished and annoyed when he happened to glance at the register of the hotel to see the name george written in a bold hand he immediately sought out the landlord and called his attention to t... | 1 |
not remember when he had ever been in such a temper before he walked on until he was comparatively calm and then though it was monday night he bent his steps towards the residence before he reached there he believed he had succeeded in all traces of excitement from his face but in this he was mistaken saw at first glan... | 1 |
by all this it did not throw her off her guard she knew well that something unusual must have happened to cause this change and she her time to discover what it was when more than a month had gone by and his improved continued she was obliged to admit to herself that she could make nothing of it and then there came a d... | 1 |
sixteenth of august i am at a loss to know what put the idea into your head that you had made a great discovery then that it was not advisable to anger him too much she burst into a hearty laugh i suppose i ought to thank you she said more for i am sure you meant well you could not possibly have a wrong motive in going... | 1 |
should refuse he said i would ask what thb l i nothing better than to be your slave for life you cannot be to the feelings with which you have long inspired me her brain was on fire she hardly seemed to him if you waste no time she said you will get the evening train without difficulty to let me see to that is only fiv... | 1 |
that i could catch a faster steamer at he replied and so i did not go to liverpool it made a difference of three days and i wanted to get home as soon as possible yes it must seem a long time six months said and he responded that it did and thus they went on for the next half hour talking of little things each well awa... | 1 |
country girl that she was and is she too loved me the children have reconciled her to my almost perpetual absence they have smoothed the way for her for me and let me say it for you do you not see how she had th children and you had me i have hardly been a month at my home counting the minutes and adding them together ... | 1 |
state company was in this miss had picked out the societies that were to benefit by her brother s from a miscellaneous which lawyer procured at her request none of them were to touch the money during her lifetime should she survive it was easier to select her than one might think for the main point was not so much to d... | 1 |
fall heavily upon the head of the s position was a very strange one there was so much that he wanted to do and so little that he could accomplish he had come there at first from motives of mere curiosity and the course that he afterwards adopted grew upon him unawares the change in all the habits of a lifetime astonish... | 1 |
i to be friendly with him she cried has he acted in a way to deserve my friendship do you think he came here and took from my house a girl who was to all my daughter almost without so much as asking if he might he married her when she was only eighteen a mere child who could not have known her mind and then the old lad... | 1 |
that mrs may need a friend and i am sure she will never find a truer one than i miss listened with more patience than could have been expected but you ought to know she replied that no man can show such friendship as you call it to a woman whose relations with her husband are at fault without doing more injury than he ... | 1 |
was a sore task how long has he been in the country she asked three weeks he answered and at boston all the time i think so his eyes could not leave the carpet his face was on fire mr she said bravely you told me a few weeks ago that the stories about my husband were to the best of your belief do you still say that he ... | 1 |
blush to of t thus your devoted wife the mother of your children god how could even for another woman so have changed you still seemed unmoved you deny everything then he said i wa hardly prepared for that and yet it did occur to me that you might do so but your violence is ill timed i assure you that i have proofs pro... | 1 |
he had turned on his heel and taken a step away when the branches of the hedge that enclosed the were parted and s face appeared it was a face white with excitement and she looked more like a spirit than a living soul both men started at the unexpected apparition have heard every word she said in a voice that was full ... | 1 |
wish to be brought face to face with him before some that can decide between us i shall then be able to leave the court room with either my guilt or my innocence established to day some is abroad with invented stories i cannot put my hand upon him he can talk and not only you but possibly others will listen to him i en... | 1 |
landlord over and then surveyed himself in the mirror to make sure that he was awake will you be so kind as to tell me what you are talking about he inquired sh said mr again don t talk too there s no train out of before eight o clock and the be after you before that if he don t find you here he ll drive over to sure a... | 1 |
looked at his watch there no time to he said briefly s we can jest about the train if nothing breaks down don t put too many into yer packing nor be too to see that yer hair s parted straight yer won t be likely to meet no ladies between here an war come down the back stairs and don t make no noise when arrived at the ... | 1 |
took out his card case and wrote joseph care bank n y city handing this to mr he said send your news there and i shall not be long receiving it i cannot believe the man is hurt so much it was just one quick blow you wouldn t mind me what the row was about said mr i ve all your secrets this far and i m interested to und... | 1 |
to s i m goin down to call on mrs said he profoundly i don t pretend to understand this whole thing but i ve got an idea she wouldn t ike to do mr any harm i m jest goin to tell her as gently as i can that she s be n a too much when the landlord reached the place he met dr at the gate he s not recovered consciousness y... | 1 |
him to his work before his mind had time to change m if you wish my advice she said you will either proceed in this matter without the least delay r give it up altogether give it up i can t give it up he exclaimed w s then you must go to your lawyer to morrow and have the papers served as soon as possible your witness ... | 1 |
thirty years and i tell you there could have been no other reason both of these men are in love with your wife felt a rising indignation he found it impossible not to experience a sensation of personal notwithstanding all that had happened at any charge which concerned his wife s honor he her husband s to had come to p... | 1 |
them for me as you have a warrant that seems to be regular i shall go with you without the least but if you insult me again i will not be responsible for myself george never said husband s that i touched him and you know it as you stand there mr drew out a pair of as his answer i shall have to put these on you he said ... | 1 |
now out on and you cannot touch me at this moment you are no longer an officer in the discharge of his duty you are a and a tramp and i warn you once more not to interfere in my affairs dr he continued if you think you ought not to answer my question i shall not press it but if you can it may relieve me of an unjust wh... | 1 |
not i remained in the background and the others entered the house together i was while waiting outside was a disappointed man but he held on to the last did you see mr come out yes smiled the witness finding much amusement in the anxiety that was depicted on the s face he hated all officers of the law as a matter of pr... | 1 |
she did not start or turn pale a v u c i am going to the post office she said quietly and i can put it in the box it will save you leaving your carriage he thanked her and placed the letter in her hand then he drove away and after seeing that he was out of sight she re entered the house went to her chamber locked the d... | 1 |
to call at his office and to bring his attorney with him if mr was at hand who was lounging away the afternoon in his very dull fashion at the hotel was thankful for anything to vary the monotony though he had no idea what wanted he summoned mr and together they walked down to see tb lawyer i wife chapter xx i represen... | 1 |
about it they feared that there was a trap of some sort involved in the affair and thought it would be the part of discretion to let it but as the day wore away grew more and more uneasy in his mind if there was really a scheme to deceive him and especially if miss was in any way concerned he wanted to know it as the h... | 1 |
only a few words he is hardly able to hold a pen but he says he is improving and expects to be out soon he pretended to turn away as if to resume his chair then with a quick motion he snatched the letter from her hands i don t believe that s all he said holding it away from her in his left hand and still pretending gai... | 1 |
he took along the nurse who had attended him and as the train sped towards boston he felt a new animation stirring in his veins none of his relations had taken the pains to visit him though a cousin had written a few expressions of regret at his accident was not a favorite in his family his views had made a breach betw... | 1 |
chapter xxii returns to left miss s house with he went straight as in duty bound to mr s office the lawyer read it over and wa forced to admit that it was a very suspicious looking document you wouldn t get very far toward a divorce with that in the hands of the court he remarked but how are we to know where these plot... | 1 |
counting room and tried to drive away his mental trouble but when the evening came he missed his visits to miss nine years of habit are not overcome in a month in spite of everything they kept up the mutual direction of the magazine she sending him articles to read and he returning them with his comments written on sli... | 1 |
miss declined to receive when she learned that he was married went abroad on account of his injuries which you remember they at first ascribed to you though of course he added in a burst ol to after dinner generosity of judgment nobody who knew you believed that with his wine glass and let do most of the talking but fi... | 1 |
the after a long debate was fain to be content she felt that it was a victory to secure the separation perhaps the rest would be reached in time the result of the conference was an agreement that should take the house and pay her a certain sum for it it was necessary that she should take money enough with her to live o... | 1 |
evening with her parents for a moment stood at the threshold looking as if she was about to you do not wish to see me i will go he said in a low voice and yet i have much to say to you come in she responded i was surprised that is all i am very to see you very glad indeed husband s friend h entered closed the door behi... | 1 |
love you in the innocence of childhood you made a contract with and he made a like one with you he was to love and cherish you till death you know he never fulfilled one of his bargain while for these eight years you have been true to yours now that he has deserted you wholly and let him go out of your mind forget that... | 1 |
but to make one with you that i cannot bring myself to do it he contemplated her silently for some time trying to think what it was best to say let us be honest with each other he said at last we can afford to be that answer my questions as you hope for heaven she bowed her head and x love you you no longer for husband... | 1 |
on which a two dinner was spread or in little halls up dark side streets consulting always consulting with a crowd on the situation was looking very badly his face was pale and it would not have required a physician to convince one that the limit of his life was already fixed among the for such the associates really de... | 1 |
which i cannot defend and yet which i could not have helped without every feeling in my heart the affair of last summer has wrought a great change in me which subsequent events have my experience was not of a kind to induce me to attempt a second one besides this i have met with pecuniary i have lost not only the fortu... | 1 |
wall it s out of sure said mr an out of the state if i m any nobody knows miss she could tell you but that ain t that i think she would there was no friendliness in the landlord s manner and moved silently up the street as it was he felt that he had no recourse except to call upon aunt miss and her brother were standin... | 1 |
to insult me t she demanded no only to settle my future course if you art to be separated from me you must rely upon some one if it is to be say so that is all i wish to know i have no toward him when you are free from me you will be your own mistress tell me is it to be she buried her face in her hands and her silence... | 1 |
gentle voice and felt his strong arm yes she bad loved him indeed i did love him she said looking up i loved till that moment when i heard him doubt m is i loved through all those years of neglect but those words of his killed my love with one blow he leaned back in the and looked at her are you sure very sure that it ... | 1 |
moment he saw her that she was in some new trouble and though she resolved not to confide it to him she had told him all about it before they had walked four blocks together a the old he exclaimed in allusion to miss and how long would you have fought it out like this without letting me know i hated to write of it to y... | 1 |
thought of appearances i could no more go to a house that you had hired than she paused for a sufficiently strong why what would it indicate in the eyes of the world he saw it as she did now that the matter was presented to him i am afraid common sense is both of ms he admitted you are right of course although i should... | 1 |
and the aunt and were the sole occupants of the apartment when the returned asked him to assist the lady in the next room to the street and herself remained out of sight till she was gone she knew that if she trusted herself to say a word she should break into reproaches and that the safest policy was silence but when ... | 1 |
a quiet investigation made fr a member of the force whom he engaged for the purpose was too much wrapped up in the main object of his life to devote a great deal of attention to his former friend he received him in fact without exhibiting either pleasure or regret but ia answer to questions he stated that was quite wel... | 1 |
masculine in disdain for personal consequences and faith in the success of their principles one evening was surprised by an unexpected addition to their ranks a mile brought with her an american lady for whom she gave her fullest it was knew it was but he had to admit that she was greatly changed she had now abundant t... | 1 |
said i was engaged to be married to professor he had taken me when i was a little orphan adopted and educated me when he asked for my hand i did not know how to refuse him for there was no other way to discharge the heavy debt i had incurred he was the kindest and the best of men he admitted that he had been in love wi... | 1 |
my had died and been buried month after month year year i endured it for at least i had her husband s your presence with me but when you came do more my fortitude gave way he murmured something about the of such reminiscences and the pain that would from calling them up but she would not cease i was an attractive girl ... | 1 |
general advanced by the du temple general attacked by the prince everywhere the resistance was furious at the of the richard and the prince stood a sixty yards in length as the obstacle was in front the troops advanced by the and succeeded in placing the between two fires the slaughter that husband s ensued was terribl... | 1 |
of according to the decision of a judge he was no longer her husband but the near presence of the great brought back all her old affection do you know me she asked him gazing into his sunken eyes yes he responded with an attempt to smile and i know him also my wife and my old friend i have come across the seas to see y... | 1 |
who wish to do so to obtain my novels in that form the constant demand for even the very earliest ones that they have found a permanent place i only to my readers ask those critics who feel it necessary to attack my stories violently to read at least a portion of some volume before they their and to those who have so o... | 1 |
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