Category: Novels
Two hours after Surrey’s letter came his sister Gwen rode over to Beauvais House eager to tell Evelyn the news of his luck in America. It was almost five o’clock in the beautiful autumn afternoon, and she found Evelyn at tea on the porch that looks out upon the Italian garden.
“I suppose he kowtows and blows himself, and so they let him hang onto the tailboard--he ain’t heavy and don’t take up much room. His grandfather stole with both hands, and put...
13. Part 13Frothingham watched Barney’s movements attentively, surprised that any of the American upper classes condescended to eat in such simplicity. He was almost startled when a bottle...
15. Part 15When her mother lay dying she said to the man beside whom she had worked for thirty-six years, mostly cloud and rain: “Henry, I don’t want a big, showy monument over me. If you...
4. Part 4Catherine was almost tearful in lamenting this “impertinent gossip” to her. “Isn’t it hateful, Honoria,” she said, “that a young man and a young woman can’t be civil and friendl...
12. Part 12He left the room, muttering as he reached the hall, “The miserable swindler! He knows we won’t have any further scandal, no matter what it costs.” When he returned he had in his...
7. Part 7“Because I saw it before she sat down,” replied Cecilia. “Her fad is a diet of raw wheat. If she’d been where you could see her at the table, you’d have noticed that she ate onl...
8. Part 8“I said ‘Cheap? It was a shame to cheat the poor devil in that fashion.’ And she said, ‘Wasn’t it a bargain? He wanted a hundred, but I brought him down.’”
3. Part 3You know George is very touchy on his dignity, and has old-fashioned ideas of what’s due a Duke from his inferiors. It seems he got into a huff when he first came because they t...
10. Part 10“I’m so disappointed,” she said presently. “All winter I’ve had the same man take me in everywhere--you know, we follow precedence very closely here in Washington. And, when I f...
14. Part 14Lawrence felt he had been right in thinking that no American would negotiate for the purchase of a title unless he were at bottom a “grovelling snob.” “There could not be a ques...
11. Part 11Rontivogli, half turned toward her as they sat side by side in her victoria, regarded her with his luminous smile. “That is the way of the world, _ma belle et bonne_,” he said i...
9. Part 9“I’ll find what I’ve found in the East, no doubt--perhaps in a little different form. I’m visiting Western people at Washington--after I’ve stopped at the Embassy a few days--so...
6. Part 6He had accidentally, but naturally, stumbled into the road to Mrs. Staunton’s good graces. She wanted acquiescent listeners only; he disliked talking and abhorred argument. She...
5. Part 5“You must not say that, Catherine,” said her mother sternly. “It is a great shock to me to find that you cannot be trusted. If you refused to marry the man you have voluntarily...
1. Part 1Two hours after Surrey’s letter came his sister Gwen rode over to Beauvais House eager to tell Evelyn the news of his luck in America. It was almost five o’clock in the beautifu...
16. Part 16He slowly withdrew his gaze from the peacocks and fixed it upon her with his monocled expression that might mean everything or nothing. She chose to read everything into it and...