This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1898 edition. Excerpt: ...unable to read the hearts of the three estranged young companions. But she sighed, " Nothing so fatal to love as daily intercourse." Nadine Valdor sought the company of her sister roses, and with a cheek " paler than should be for one so young," avoided Max von Dornberg, now the reckless social antagonist of ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1898 edition. Excerpt: ...unable to read the hearts of the three estranged young companions. But she sighed, " Nothing so fatal to love as daily intercourse." Nadine Valdor sought the company of her sister roses, and with a cheek " paler than should be for one so young," avoided Max von Dornberg, now the reckless social antagonist of Fedor Lazareff. For the young Count had met his enemy in the open lists, and, in a cold, haughty way, von Dornberg had overmatched him in every form of lavish hospitality. The Oestland nobles, too, all rallied around the travelled young patrician, and the " Aslauga's" deck was the theatre of many a wild flirtation. It was " high life " in its gayest form. It was with sighing hearts the three elder women. gathered in a secret conclave, while General Dragonoff, de Bellegarde, and even von Geist, gently urged Max von Dornberg to check his unlicensed social gayety. The crafty schemer ever feared that his dupe might fail him in the drama which he had so artfully prepared to mark the grand summer Yacht Club ball. He had let the devil out of the bottle, and he could not get him in again. Max was recklessness itself. Marie von Dornberg was a stranger to all her son's secret plans, for Waldeck, Solms, and von Mollwitz sadly told her that Count Max, alone, ruled the Chapter of Hapsal. The Brotherhood were bound to secrecy in all their Chapter work, and they, too, were left in the dark. So, both sorrow and fear possessed the woman who had raised the whirlwind. When the Lady of the Isles had concluded, Excellence Dragonoff and Countess de Bellegarde spoke the sentence which saddened Marie von Dornberg's heart. " There is but one thing to do. Princess Zenaide will not remain this winter at Dornberg, and if she goes to the court with us, then the Baroness...
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