Author: Charles Reade

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-01-25

Total Pages: 316

ISBN-13: 9780483894457

Excerpt from A Terrible Temptation, Vol. 1 of 3: A Story of the Day Her figure was tall and rather slim, but not at all commanding. There are people whose very bodies express Character; and this tall, supple, graceful frame of Bella Bruce breathed womanly subservience; so did her gestures; she would take up or put down her own scissors half timidly, and look round before threading her needle, as if to see whether any soul objected. Her favourite word was May I a stress on the May, and she used it where most girls would say I will, or nothing, and do it. Mr. Richard Bassett was in love with her, and also conscious that her fifteen thousand pounds would be a fine addition to his present income, which was small, though his distant expectations were great. As he had known her but one month, and she seemed rather amiable than inflammable, he had the prudence to proceed by degrees. 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.