Excerpt from Treherne's Temptation, Vol. 3 of 3 But Reine has fled in search of solitude, for at that moment, even to her father she cannot trust herself to Speak of Jasper; to her it seems that he will never come back - as if in all the dreary future they must always be something worse than strangers to each other. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Excerpt from Treherne's Temptation, Vol. 2 of 3 The finale is so totally different to what he intended that he cannot refrain from smiling at its feebleness. Reine glances up at his face uneasily, perturbed by the passionate outbreak, chilled by the unna tural calm which succeeds Treherne, whose character used to be patent to her as the day, is rapidly becoming an enigma; that he is a prey to some sorrow which embitters his existence she feels convinced, and woman-like she concludes it must of necessity be connected with a woman. I am not married, nor going to be when I am it will be time enough to prove which of us is right, she answers quietly. He draws her hand through his arm, and turns round impatiently. Let us go into the Tuileries Gardens; it will be quieter there, and I never felt more disinclined to face the vulgar herd. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Excerpt from Trehernes Temptation, Vol. 1 of 3 The mansions self was vast and venerable. Before the mansion lay a lucid lake, Broad as transparent, deep and freshly fed By a river. Byron. It is late in the afternoon of a cold November day; the winter promises to be unusually severe; a biting north-easter has been blowing without intermission for a fortnight; early as it is, a foot of snow lies upon the roads and fields, and, drifting before the wind, between the high, hedge-topped banks, makes the narrow country lanes almost impassable; the aspect of the landscape, combined with the state of the barometer, which hammer at it as one will, persists in pointing its obstinate finger at Set Fair is calculated to reduce a fox-hunter to despair. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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The Abbot's Ghost, or Maurice Treherne's Temptation by Louisa May Alcott Louisa May Alcott (November 29, 1832 - March 6, 1888) was an American novelist and poet best known as the author of the novel Little Women (1868) and its sequels Little Men (1871) and Jo's Boys (1886).[1] Raised by her transcendentalist parents, Abigail May and Amos Bronson Alcott in New England, she also grew up among many of the well-known intellectuals of the day such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry David Thoreau and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
Excerpt from The Three Chances, Vol. 3 of 3 Never had it occurred to her, presumptuous as she was, to question her powers of endurance, or her efficiency for the duties she was undertaking; until her acquaint ance with Manley Frere aroused her to a better know ledge of herself, and the capacities of her nature; and caused her to pant for a higher and happier destiny, than to become the companion of one with whom she held no common bond of sympathy: whose principles and prejudices were foreign to any of her own - whose society wearied her - and whom, till the last moment they spent together, she could never regard with any livelier sentiment than that of a respectful indifference. In what alone concerned Maria Palliser, there was meet retribution and most impartial judgment in the turn Of fortune which had caused her to feel and acknow ledge her error but it was hard upon Colonel Hussey to be made the victim Of her selfish mistake nor could her sternest accuser be more painfully conscious Of the wrong she had done him, than his false but repentant mistress. Excuses for breaking her engagement with him reasons persuasive and satisfactory enough - had thronged Upon her when she communed only with herself; but in finally setting her thoughts in array for the enlighten ment Of another, Maria could not but perceive how very few of these arguments were calculated to convince even the world at large - least of all the man she was pre paring to forsake. If she grounded her Obj cotions to marrying him on scruples of recent date, and professed to have only just become sensible Of the nature of her rash promise, and to have had some sudden revelation of the holiness and high mystery of this same marriage contract, which some can enter upon so thoughtlessly - but which she now perceived to require a heart more tender and atfec tions far more lively than it was in her gift to bestow then he would have reason to complain that she had suffered her convictions to lie dormant so many months, and, with a strange refinement Of caprice, had kept the chain of their compact inviolate, till the wedding-day was fixed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Excerpt from The Forbidden Sacrifice, Vol. 3 of 3 But she was not a woman who wore her heart upon her sleeve. W'hatever she thought, she kept her feelings to herself. Her simple creed, her child-like faith sus tained her; she had her duty to do, and in doing it she found, if not happiness. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
