Category: Romance
It was a very clear command, and could not be mistaken. And yet I tried to argue myself into the belief that it did not apply to me. For in the first place, I reasoned, Claude was not a heathen as these Corinthians were. He did not worship gods of wood and stone. He was looked...
It was a very clear command, and could not be mistaken. And yet I tried to argue myself into the belief that it did not apply to me. For in the first place, I reasoned, Claude w...
4. CHAPTER III.5. CHAPTER IV.6. CHAPTER V."Read the part about Claude first, dear," I said, "and I will lie down on my bed whilst you read; I feel a little tired with packing, and I mean to take half an hour's rest befo...
7. CHAPTER VI.8. CHAPTER VII.9. CHAPTER VIII."Oh, only some rubbishy old bills," said Claude, impatiently; "those Oxford tradesmen are the greatest scoundrels on the face of the earth! It's always their way! But the best p...
10. CHAPTER IX.11. CHAPTER X.12. CHAPTER XI.13. CHAPTER XII.14. CHAPTER XIII.15. CHAPTER XIV."What is the matter here?" said Sir William, as he tried to make his way through an angry, excited crowd, who were screaming and gesticulating in the most alarming manner, as th...
16. CHAPTER XV.17. CHAPTER XVI.18. CHAPTER XVII.19. CHAPTER XVIII.20. CHAPTER XIX.We do not live very far from London; it is only about an hour's journey, so I went by the next train. I wondered very much why Alice had sent for me, and what she wanted to ask me.