The lost bride; vol. 3

Doctor Johnson did not call that day, which Aunt Jane declared was a good sign, and I tried to think so too. But the next morning I couldn’t help feeling very anxious for his hi...

“You are not glad to see me,” he said, in a low, weak voice. “I knew it was better I should die, and then perhaps you would have thought more kindly of me. And yet I dreaded dea...

“It is a very great advantage,” added Aunt Jane, later in the evening of that day, “to be reminded of early youth. To think of those who loved us, and whom we loved in days when...

On our arrival at Castle Hall we found Dorina very ill, and the Duchess of Dromoland was extremely anxious about her. She had never quite recovered from the effects of her fall,...

Now that I had consented to the engagement with Carlo, my first and greatest object was to communicate the news to Norah; and I also wrote a letter to Sir Alfred--not exactly fo...

“I believe,” said Aunt Jane, “that one of the numerous causes of doubt in the truth of Revelation is that we have difficulty in realising the idea of a continuity of perfect hap...

“Jean Paul Richter says that many sensitive people feel most depressed at midday in Midsummer, _i.e._, when the brilliant light and luxuriance of this world are at the full glor...

We spent all that Autumn and Winter with Dorina at the Castle Hall, and had the pleasure of seeing her gradually recover her health and spirits. She often heard from Count Rossi...

The Duchess of Dromoland often drove over to lunch, to spend a long day with us; and when Dorina became a little stronger, she persuaded us all to go and stay a week with them a...

“Yes; and I have often since reproached myself for not telling you the whole history in London, when I could see that you were doing so much mischief to her and yourself. I was...

We heard from Norah that great preparations had been going on at Chandos Mount for their tour; and none of the party ever having been abroad before, they fancied every kind of t...

When they arrived at the Goldne Krone, and informed Mademoiselle Diabelli of the loss of her box, she broke forth into the most piteous lamentations, and declared that everythin...

“From Nice to Genoa! Then Sir Alfred had lately passed through all this lovely scenery,” thought Norah, as she gazed with still more interest and admiration on the ever-varying...

After spending a fortnight at Genoa, they proceeded along the beautiful Riviera, by Spezia, to Florence and Rome, without meeting anywhere with the names of Sir Alfred and his p...

Mrs. Chandos mused profoundly after the lively little lady had gone. She began to wonder why she had so contentedly given up the intention she certainly had when she married of...

A ball in one of those splendid old Roman Palaces is certainly no ordinary sight. The choice pictures, the vast suite of magnificent rooms, and, last not least, the beauty and s...

As soon as they were seated in the carriage, Mrs. Chandos expressed almost hysterically her delight in having got away safely, and was rather surprised when Norah remarked that...

The Chandos family remained at Rome longer than they originally intended, as it seemed to suit Mr. Chandos, and he was able to enjoy some of the sights, as well as the quiet kin...

So the two carriages started from Terracina that afternoon, accompanied by three mounted guards. The dress of these men was very picturesque; but Norah did not much like the exp...

They found the doctor waiting at the door of the hotel at Mola di Gaeta, for he had not been able to find any horses to take him on the road to Forli. He helped Valentino to car...

When Mr. Chandos and his daughter went, by Dr. Mangello’s request, down to the Duke’s room, they found him almost insensible. He had been raving wildly a few minutes before in S...

There is more truth in De la Rochefoucauld’s maxim than we are often willing to allow--“Dans l’adversité de nos meilleurs amis, nous trouvons souvent quelque chose qui ne nous d...

The wily woman had perceived, from the beginning of their tour, that Miss Chandos saw through her, in spite of all the arts by which she often gained the good-will, and sometime...

There is a tract of country not far from Naples which is but little visited by the usual set of tourists, although some artists and admirers of Salvator Rosa venture among those...

The Duc de Luna was not yet able to walk, but Doctor Nelson considered that change of scene might be beneficial, if Mr. Chandos and his family would go with him; therefore, a co...

The gardens of the Villa Palmiero sloped down in terraces and orange groves to the water’s edge, and extended on one side some way along the coast. At one end there was a diminu...

“Now, my dear, you know that to a worldly woman like me you must appear to be a great fool. You wish--I know you do--to throw away--you have, in fact, refused the greatest match...

Norah often wrote to us during the Winter, and contrived to keep us pretty much _au courant_ of all that happened to her; and these letters, and the more detailed account I afte...

I had received several letters from Carlo, and they were very pleasant and satisfactory, except that, as yet, he had not succeeded in finding any clue to the whereabouts of the...

A dangerous illness interrupted my writing in the last chapter, and various circumstances prevented me from continuing it. Latterly I had become so absorbed in the startling pre...