Unmarked6698
- Flag inappropriate
- Show review history
"Hannah Ann will be awfully proud, too," said Judith, thoughtfully. "She's regularly wrapped up in Elinor, because she's so much like Aunt Louise, she says." Jen rose to leave the room, more wounded than he chose to confess. "Oh, dear heart," she exclaimed as she reached out and drew me into her lovely gracious arms, "then the privilege is all the more wonderful for you, as you make some sacrifice to complete his life. Having suffered this, you will be all the greater woman to understand him. I accept my own sorrow at his hands willingly, as it gives me the larger sympathy for his work, though he will no longer need my personal encouragement as he has for years. In the light of his love, this lesser feeling for Dr. Moore will soon pass away and the accord between you will be complete." This was more than I could stand, and, feeling less than a worm, I turned my face into her breast and wailed. Now who would have thought that girl could dance as she did?.
453 people found this
review helpful
kez_ h (Kez_h)
- Flag inappropriate
- Show review history
"Bless me!" says Geoffrey; "what an appalling thought! it makes me feel faint."I tried logging in using my phone number and I
was supposed to get a verification code text,but didn't
get it. I clicked resend a couple time, tried the "call
me instead" option twice but didn't get a call
either. the trouble shooting had no info on if the call
me instead fails.There was
"He says he knows nothing about any will."
658 people found this
review helpful
Conrad
"Well, sir, when I brought a message from Dr. Etwald 'bout that devil-stick--" "He had heard that I accused him of taking the devil-stick," explained Maurice, "and came here to exculpate himself." "Did he know that it was Alymer's corpse?" interrupted Jen, sharply. "This young person, though evidently of an investigating turn of mind, has not quite fathomed the nature of the reigning beauty of our little coterie. Being of a candid and affable nature herself, she fails to comprehend how the fangs of the green-eyed monster, once fastened in the tender heart of said beauty, make the said beauty so mortally uncomfy that she's bound to take it out on somebody—and who so natural or convenient as the critter who sicked the serpent on her.".
298 people found this
review helpful