Category: Novels
A flush came into Mattie’s face, but she said nothing. He had always expected that, if ever this moment arrived,--impossible as it had seemed that it ever _should_ arrive,--she would meet it with a flood of joyful speech; but now she was silent. It was the second time this eve...
A flush came into Mattie’s face, but she said nothing. He had always expected that, if ever this moment arrived,--impossible as it had seemed that it ever _should_ arrive,--she...
2. PART IHe had known that it would be there, of course,--had, indeed, lain awake half the night, thinking about it,--but he was surprised to see it, nevertheless. More and more, as he t...
3. PART IIMattie never forgot what she had felt when she awoke on that miracle-morning,--never forgot, and never allowed herself to remember.... She came back to consciousness still swath...
4. PART IIIHe came hurriedly to meet her, forgetting himself and his personal misery in this sudden alarm. “What’s to do, Mattie? What’s wrong?” he enquired anxiously, as they drew near to...