Miles Tremenhere: A Novel. Vol. 1 of 2

We have said that Minnie was in a state of the greatest consternation when made acquainted with her uncle's stern resolution of coercion. At first she was too much pained to thi...

Minnie had been so severely lectured by all, about her too frequent visits to the cottage of Mary Burns, and other rambles in thoughtful loneliness, that she felt embarrassed ho...

People are early in the country--"early to bed, early to rise." It was just ten by Minnie's hall clock as Mrs. Gillett became confidential to herself, and at that hour another p...

Minnie returned home at a quick gallop. She felt as if pursued by some visionary being. Not once did she pause or look back, after the one gentle wave of her hand to Miles, who...

It was in the month of June, the early part, when May-flowers still bloom, and the blossoming trees are not yet in full matronly beauty, but in their bridal robes, with wreaths...

The girl threw open a door, and he entered; his heart was not quite free from pulsation. He was not a man of adventure by nature--two or three motives urged him to this one. The...

Two days after these events, the lady portion of visiters quitted Uplands--some went one way, some another. Lady Lysson's chaperonage was over, so she, too, quitted her bachelor...

"Just so, Mrs. Gillett," he said; "just as you say. I am _not_ treated like the master in my own house; no one consults or obeys me. As for my niece, she opposes me in every pos...

"Tick tack, tick tack, tick tack--for ever goes the large hall clock, until my heart (imitative thing!) plays at pendulum with it! Seventeen long years that clock has been the m...

Our readers must not suppose that Lady Dora Vaughan was in love with Miles Tremenhere. The outcast of society could never find a cherished home in a heart so proud as her's. Tru...

Tremenhere had in nothing deceived Minnie. He told her that in marrying him she wedded herself to an artist's struggles for fame, wealth, and position: this home was all he had...

"Hush!" said Dora, soothingly, some hours later, as she sat in Minnie's room beside her, holding a hand in her own. "All will be fair and bright soon, dear Minnie. Mr. Burton ha...

Mrs. Gillett was destined to be placed in embarrassing circumstances in her own room, as on a former occasion, so she was now afraid to move; the window was open--what if she we...

Some one else had also seen Lady Dora--this was Aunt Sylvia. This busy, restless woman, had one decided affection--a love of gardening in all its branches. Her greatest crony af...

Juvenal sat in the library, concocting a letter to his counsellor and friend, Burton, when the servant threw open the door, and announced "Mr. Tremenhere." Juvenal was not a ver...

"I'm sure," said Sylvia Formby, rocking herself backwards and forwards in her chair, about an hour after Minnie's return, "I don't know what _can_ be done with this girl; she ce...

Tremenhere had two distinct characters; with those he disliked, he had more than the coldness ascribed to Englishmen in general; there was something almost despotic in his manne...

The night passed--then succeeded morning--noon--and evening. Juvenal had been very busy all day. Nobody but Dalby, who was closeted with him, and the trusty Thomas, knew wherefo...

From some ambiguous words dropped by Miles in the cottage, and during Minnie's stay with them, it will be remembered that Skaife was impressed with the idea that Tremenhere had,...

"They must settle it between them," she muttered to herself as she did so. "After what he told me, I ain't afeard of him! And very fortunate it is, to be sure, that he should be...

This chapter of digression was necessary, to show our readers the exact position of all our various personages. We will now return to Miles at Uplands; only, however, to state,...

This same evening two persons sat after dinner sipping their wine, in a hotel at the West End: these were Marmaduke Burton and Dalby. We must here introduce the latter as a tota...

With the lights a few stragglers came dropping in,--one of the first was Lady Lysson. This lady had much more of the foreigner than Englishwoman, in both mind and manner, having...