Kate Vernon: A Tale. Vol. 2 (of 3)

However kind and true by nature, a man who has risen to, can never quite understand the feeling, of one who has fallen from higher fortunes; the seeming trifles which can elate,...

It would give a very false idea of Kate Vernon's character, were we to say that Captain Egerton's departure did not leave a blank in the quiet routine of her life. Indeed, she w...

Autumn was now rapidly merging into winter, the unbroken routine of Kate's life only lent swifter wings to time, for events like marked distances serve often but to show our tar...

The Colonel welcomed him with his usual _empressement_, but a tremour of the hands, as he waved towards a seat, with an old-fashioned and urbane grace, which scarcely the shock...

Before entreating the reader to imagine the lapse of some months, unbroken by any event, we must record one which was a fertile theme of conversation and conjecture to our reclu...

Nearly two months had elapsed since the Vernons left A----; and affairs wore much the same aspect as the first days of their arrival in town. Miss Herman had called on Kate, on...

To their non-legal minds, it appeared that any acknowledgment of money received, was sufficient, although no sum was mentioned; and Kate even felt remorse for her hasty condemna...

The morning of Miss Vernon's visit to her _ci-devant_ music-master rose bright and clear; and smiling at her own care, it was with rather more than usual attention to her appear...

The next morning, just as Kate was preparing to write a long letter to the Winters, one from the kind-hearted little artist was put into her hand. It was sealed with black wax,...