Excerpt from Hubert Freeth's Prosperity: A Story Politics and city news were always important subjects to Hubert Freeth; but tonight they were of absorbing interest, and so linked themselves with the thoughts which were paramount in his mind, that he found them, by many degrees, the easiest newspaper intelligence to discuss. And yet he was not reading with his usual rapid assimilation and sharp attention. Many and many a paragraph on general topics which he perused left only a vague impres sion on his mind; and his wife ...
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Excerpt from Hubert Freeth's Prosperity: A Story Politics and city news were always important subjects to Hubert Freeth; but tonight they were of absorbing interest, and so linked themselves with the thoughts which were paramount in his mind, that he found them, by many degrees, the easiest newspaper intelligence to discuss. And yet he was not reading with his usual rapid assimilation and sharp attention. Many and many a paragraph on general topics which he perused left only a vague impres sion on his mind; and his wife was wholly unconscious how often his gaze turned sideways from the crackling paper to fall on herself. As yet undistorted by hoops of steel, the outline of her pretty little figure was worth remarking; and once or twice, when she stood up, the more easily to achieve the cutting out of baby's scarlet cloak, the lines of her gray merino dress showed gracefully as she moved. She had a profile that would have been nearly Grecian had the lips been set to that type; but though her mouth was small, its curve was expressive of gentleness, and though mobile. 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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