Category: Romance
THERE were some days on which M. de Bergerac had no work for his secretary, and on such occasions the young man was free to dispose of himself as he pleased. These days Eustace Thorburn devoted partly to reading and meditation, partly to the delightful duty of ministering to H...
THERE were some days on which M. de Bergerac had no work for his secretary, and on such occasions the young man was free to dispose of himself as he pleased. These days Eustace...
2. CHAPTER II.AMID the many distractions of an editorial life, Mr. Desmond contrived to remember the promise made to his old tutor. He proved the warmth of his interest in Miss Alford’s drama...
3. CHAPTER III.LAURENCE DESMOND had received a whole packet of invitations to country-houses, where Christmas was to be kept with something of the traditional warmth and joviality, and with am...
4. CHAPTER IV.EVEN the icy December blast, which buffeted Mr. Desmond, as his hansom descended the Islingtonian Mont Blanc, could not blow away his sense of impotent indignation against the N...
5. CHAPTER V.THE arrival of Harold Jerningham disturbed the even tenor of life at the bailiff’s cottage, albeit he earnestly entreated there might be no change in his old friend’s existence....
6. CHAPTER VI.MR. DESMOND took the earliest opportunity of carrying out his resolution in the matter of Lucy Alford, otherwise Miss St. Albans. He dined at the Hampton villa within a few days...
7. CHAPTER VII.THE fair river that wound like a broad ribbon of silver through the lands of Harold Jerningham was not more tranquil than the course of existence at the bailiff’s cottage. M. de...
8. CHAPTER VIII.THE great book and his own studies afforded Mr. Thorburn ample occupation for all his days and nights. If his days had been twice as long as they were, the young man would have...
9. CHAPTER IX.ON the last night of Eustace Thorburn’s abode in his uncle’s lodgings, the two men sat very late, talking earnestly, the elder watching the face of the younger with more than us...
10. CHAPTER X.EUSTACE refrained from opening the parcel given to him by his uncle until he found himself in his own room, in the solemn quiet of a rural midnight. Then, and then only, did he...
11. CHAPTER XI.THE secretary went out into the park, and down to the neglected shrubbery-walk that wound along the river bank. This was the loneliest and wildest part of Mr. Jerningham’s domai...
12. did. I never saw such a passionate fondness for the sea as you betray‘Yes,’ she said; ‘I have always loved the sea with a feeling that I have been unable to express, as if there were indeed a human heart in all that wide ocean. When I am--when yo...
13. CHAPTER XII.“I DREW aside the _portière_ and looked into the room. She was there--Carlitz--nestling in a deep easy-chair, with that perfect arm--whose rounded line was accentuated by the ti...