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. 1888 Excerpt: ...and declared it should never take place. Her aunt said nothing then, but began to make the necessary preparations, and always spoke as if it were a settled affair, and called the gentlemen hovfutur. The unhappy girl felt as if chains were silently forming around her, and all her efforts to break loose from them were ...
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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. 1888 Excerpt: ...and declared it should never take place. Her aunt said nothing then, but began to make the necessary preparations, and always spoke as if it were a settled affair, and called the gentlemen hovfutur. The unhappy girl felt as if chains were silently forming around her, and all her efforts to break loose from them were fruitless. She consulted her brother, who was a little older than herself. He advised her to talk with her uncle. She dared not do it, unless he would accompany her; but he very wisely refused, saying, " I had better not appear in the matter till you have tried all your means of escape, and, when you fail, I will come to your aid. You shall never marry that man." Encouraged by this, she ventured to remonstrate with her uncle; but he treated her opposition with supreme contempt, and told her his decision was irrevocable, and she would live to thank him for it. He said young girls knew nothing about married life, and must always abide by the judgment of their friends. Driven to despair by this talk with her uncle, she sought her brother, and told him she would drown herself in the Seine rather than submit to this hated marriage. He calmed her fears, advised her to behave as if she were resigned to her fate, and he would run off with her to England as soon as he could make the necessary preparations. He arranged everything so well, that he did carry off his sister, and place her in safety with her mother; but, in so doing, he felt that he was ruining his own prospects in life. His uncle would be so enraged at what he had done, as never to receive him again. His step-father was a wise and good man. He undertook to make his peace with his uncle, and, after a long correspondence, Philippe was allowed to return to his studies in Paris, and be...
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