Excerpt from But a Philistine The inmates had experienced little inconvenience from the heats of the last fortnight. Breezes cool from the sea, airs fragrant with the Old Maine pine woods had found their way through Open doors and windows, while the broad piazza made a grateful shade in the lower rooms. It was in one of these rooms that a conversation took place which has an important bearing on my story. Soon after breakfast a gentleman entered the library with a prompt, decided step, went to the window, unfastened one ...
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Excerpt from But a Philistine The inmates had experienced little inconvenience from the heats of the last fortnight. Breezes cool from the sea, airs fragrant with the Old Maine pine woods had found their way through Open doors and windows, while the broad piazza made a grateful shade in the lower rooms. It was in one of these rooms that a conversation took place which has an important bearing on my story. Soon after breakfast a gentleman entered the library with a prompt, decided step, went to the window, unfastened one of the long blinds, and gazed out on the landscape. He could not detect the lightest cloud on all the blue, hot sky; he glanced Off to the sea, one vast field Of blue, too, shining and tumbling in the sunlight. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... 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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