Unmarked6698
- Flag inappropriate
- Show review history
"Wait, Mrs. Rodney. Let me help you across." "I don't know, sir. I never was abroad before, an' I'm dead bate now, an' the bag's like lead." When the dark, wayward, handsome young man went away, her heart went with him, and she alone perhaps knew anything of him after his departure. To his father his absence was a relief; he did not disguise it; and to his brother (who had married, and had then three children, and had of late years grown estranged from him) the loss was not great. Nor did the young madam,—as she was called,—the mother of our present friends, lose any opportunity of fostering and keeping alive the ill will and rancor that existed for him in his father's heart..
453 people found this
review helpful
kez_ h (Kez_h)
- Flag inappropriate
- Show review history
When Elinor and Patricia were alone, Patricia opened the subject that had been occupying her thought for the last few minutes.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
"I can't tell you."
658 people found this
review helpful
Conrad
The house, is home-like, sweet, and one which might perhaps day by day grow dearer to the heart; and this girl, this pretty creature who every now and then turns her eyes on Geoffrey, as though glad in a kindly fashion to see him there, seems a necessary part of the whole,—her gracious presence rendering it each moment sweeter and more desirable. "My precept to all who build is," says Cicero, "that the owner should be an ornament to the house, and not the house to the owner." "She is Lord Steyne's second daughter. The family name is Darling. Her name is Dorothy." Nolly is especially and oppressively cheerful. He is blind to the depression that marks Mona and Geoffrey for its own, and quite outdoes himself in geniality and all-round amiability. "Who is your accomplice?" asks Geoffrey, still with studied calmness..
298 people found this
review helpful