Rose, Blanche, and Violet, Volume 2 (of 3)

I.--Rose Vyner to Fanny Worsley II.--The Woman with a Mission III.--What was said of the Walton Sappho IV.--Prophecies Fulfilled V.--The Astute Mrs. Vyner VI.--Faint Hearts and...

I.--The Boarding-House II.--Inmates of a Suburban Boarding-House III.--Happy Labour, Happy Life IV.--How Mrs. Vyner was Beneficent V.--The Curse of Idleness VI.--A Sketch of Fra...

Gallop apace, you fiery-footed steeds Towards Phœbus' mansion; such a waggoner As phaeton would whip you to the west. Come, gentle night; come, loving black browed night Give me...

How the old post-chaise rattled merrily along the hard road, as if conscious of the precious burden which it bore! There was no moon: the sky was overcast. Lights glimmered from...

A husband's jealousy, which cunning men would pass upon their wives for a compliment, is the worst can be made them; for indeed it is a compliment to their beauty, but an affron...

"I was to have given her away; but, from some caprice on his part, it was not permitted; and the office was performed by one of his club friends, a certain Mr. Forrester. I was...

Since poor Blanche's unfortunate marriage--and yet why should I call it unfortunate? has she not married the man of her choice, and is not that the great ideal we maidens all as...

Ein starker Geist in einem zarten Leib Ein zwitter zwischen Mann und Weib, Gleich ungeschickt zum Herrschen und zum Lieben, Ein kind mit eines Riesen Waffen Ein Mittelding von W...

"Is it not shocking?" said Mrs. Ruddles, the curate's wife, to Mrs. Spedley, the surgeon's better half, as she sipped the smoking bohea, and commented on the ongoings of Walton,...

"I am getting anxious about my protégé. It was my Julius who introduced her to the notice of Sir Chetsom Chetsom; and I fear no good will come of it."

On returning to the hall, Meredith Vyner found a letter from Cecil. He retired into his study; for he was one of those who fancy that you cannot possibly read anything with atte...

Autumn was deepening fast. The green tints were rapidly disappearing, and the advancing year "breathed a browner horror o'er the woods." Wytton still looked lovely; the great va...

Mrs. Meredith Vyner smiled her acknowledgments, and redoubled the energy of her impossible time-beating. Marmaduke, charmed by the magic of Violet's singing, was gradually overc...

Quelque raison qu'on trouve à l'amour qui nous dompte, On trouve à 1'avouer toujours un peu de honte. On s'en defend d'abord; mais de l'air qu'on s'y prend On fait connoitre ass...

Tears, idle tears, I know not what they mean-- Tears from the depth of some divine despair Rise in the heart, and gather to the eyes, In looking on the happy autumn fields, And...

_Boladil_. Ay, sir: sit down, I pray you. Master Mathew, in any case possess no gentlemen of our acquaintance with notice of my lodging. Not that I need to care who know it, for...

Next morning at breakfast Mrs. Tring's inmates assembled, and the new comers were duly introduced to their future companions. The breakfast was plain, and passed off rather unco...

Si modo dignum aliquid elaborare et efficere velint, relinquenda conversatio amicorum et jucunditas urbis, deserenda cetera officia, utque ipsi dicunt, in nemora et lucos, id es...

One morning while Cecil was in his studio, smoking a cigar and contemplating the sketch of his picture on the easel, with the air of a man who profoundly meditates on the detail...

Or fia dunque giammai, che tu, Ozio, possi esser grato veramente, se non quando succedi a degne occupazioni. L'ozio vile et inerte voglio, che ad un animo generoso sia la maggio...

These are the arts, Lothario, which shrink acres Into brief yards--bring sterling pounds to farthings, Credit to infamy; and the poor gull, Who might have lived an honoured easy...

No man can be a great enemy, but under the name of a friend; if you are a cuckold, it is your friend only that makes you so, for your enemy is not admitted to your house; if you...

Hester Mason had achieved a part of her ambition: she held a salon in London. How she contrived and maintained that, would take long to narrate in detail, as it was only by stea...

When Blanche received Cecil's note, informing her that he was to dine at the club, she felt truly glad. Ill as she could spare his company, especially in such a house as Mrs. Tr...

When the Vyners returned to town, and Rose discovered that Julius was in Italy, the grief which had assailed her, in the first remorse at having played with his affection, was c...

The reader may remember a certain Mrs. Henley, mentioned in our prologue as the friend who consented to favour the meetings of Marmaduke and Mary, and whose kindness Mary never,...

Marmaduke persevered for several days in his system of polite indifference towards Mrs. Meredith Vyner, while his attentions to Violet became more and more explicit. Her suspici...

Immediately on reaching home that night, Marmaduke sat down to read the pages of Petrarch, which had been so significantly marked for him. As he found the passages before quoted...

When Marmaduke called, he found Mrs. Vyner as polite and as distant as before, with something in her manner which looked like timidity. He had anticipated a very different recep...

Sa pensée est un monde son cœur un abîme; C'est ainsi qu'elle va, forte, de crime en crime Bravant impunément et la peuple et la cour Ne méritant que haine et n'inspirant qu'amo...

Meredith Vyner stole back to his study, after having overheard a portion of the foregoing scene, like one who has just received a sentence of death. He loved his wife with the u...

There was an appalling struggle in Marmaduke's breast that day as he reached home. The terrible scene which had passed between him and Mrs. Vyner, with its plainly expressed hin...