Excerpt from Lady Cassandra Cassandra raynor stood on the terrace of her great house, looking over the sweep Of country stretching to right and left, and in her heart was the deadliest Of all weariness, - the weariness Of repletion. It seemed at that moment the bitterest cross that she had nothing left for which to wish, that everything good which the world could give was hers already, and had left her cold. The stately Old house was hers, with its treasures of Old-world furnishings, the same furnishings which had ...
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Excerpt from Lady Cassandra Cassandra raynor stood on the terrace of her great house, looking over the sweep Of country stretching to right and left, and in her heart was the deadliest Of all weariness, - the weariness Of repletion. It seemed at that moment the bitterest cross that she had nothing left for which to wish, that everything good which the world could give was hers already, and had left her cold. The stately Old house was hers, with its treasures of Old-world furnishings, the same furnishings which had ministered to generations dead and gone, and would minister to others yet to come. It would have been considered sacrilege to stamp the individuality Of the chatelaine Of an hour on those historic halls. The distant stretch of country was part Of her estate, but the sight of it brought no thrill to Cassandra's veins. Her jaded eyes had wearied of the familiar landscape. 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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