# A Comedy of Elopement

Author: Reid, Christian, 1846-1920

Genre: Category: Romance

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/62890

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=A+Comedy+of+Elopement+Reid&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

The short December day was drawing to its close; but, though the month was December, the temperature was not that which is usually associated with the season. Instead of gray skies, leaden waters, and brown or snowy earth, there was a sky of glowing beauty, a glittering sea, and a land covered with the evergreen foliage of the South--for it was December in Florida. At noon the sun had shone with uncomfortable power on the broad plaza and old Spanish houses of St. Augustine; but now that his last rays were gilding the ancient fort and the Moorish belfry of the cathedral, the air was full of that delicious softness--a caressing warmth without heat--which in such latitudes makes the mere fac...

## Chapters

- [PART II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-comedy-of-elopement-62890/chapters/2/index.md)
- [PART I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-comedy-of-elopement-62890/chapters/1/index.md)