Category: Romance
An account of certain events which are supposed to have occurred in the month of May 19--, at a quiet inn on Dartmoor, in Devonshire; the events being recorded by the persons most interested in the unfolding of the little international comedy.
An account of certain events which are supposed to have occurred in the month of May 19--, at a quiet inn on Dartmoor, in Devonshire; the events being recorded by the persons mo...
2. Part 2The morning after our arrival at the Grey Tor Inn Mrs. MacGill assumed a Shetland shawl, closed the window of the sitting-room, and sat down to do a bit of knitting. I sat by th...
3. Part 3I have had a miserable thirty-six hours. Mrs. MacGill has been ill again--or has believed that she is ill again. I do not think there is much wrong with her, but the over-sympat...
4. Part 4The sight of Mrs. MacGill being dragged by Greytoria over a very distant hill was soothing in itself, or it would have been if I hadn't known Miss Evesham was toiling up beside...
5. Part 5Mrs. MacGill had a right to be angry with me, but I do not think any indiscretion could deserve the torrent of stupid upbraiding that fell upon me now. Many of her reproaches we...
6. Part 6'The road'--to quote Christina Rossetti--'wound uphill all the way,' and a long way it was. We crawled along at about the rate of a mile an hour over that rough and stony track....
7. Part 7Mrs. MacGill, it appeared, utterly refused to go home in the pony trap unless it were driven by me. Needless to say I declined this honour with a firmness equal to hers. Finally...
8. Part 8It is no use; for after a few days of struggle and doubt and misery, I have got to go back to that girl--if I can find her. What a wretched time I have had! If this is being in...