Category: Novels
I am glad I said to you the other night at Doubleton, inquiring--too inquiring--compatriot, that I wouldn’t undertake to tell you the story (about Ambrose Tester), but would write it out for you; inasmuch as, thinking it over since I came back to town, I see that it may really...
It was a brilliant match for Miss Bernardstone, who had no fortune at all, and all her friends were of the opinion that she had done very well After Easter she was in London wit...
3. Chapter 3The prevailing opinion, I think, was that he ought to obey the promptings of his heart--London cares so much for the heart! Or is it that London is simply ferocious, and always...
1. Chapter 1I am glad I said to you the other night at Doubleton, inquiring--too inquiring--compatriot, that I wouldn’t undertake to tell you the story (about Ambrose Tester), but would wri...
4. Chapter 4“Being pitied? That must be odious!” she said; and I saw that though she might wish for admiration, she would never wish for sympathy. Then, in a moment, she added that men, in...