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. 1887 edition. Excerpt: ...Eisedales behaved to me was a source of never-ending astonishment and gratitude on my part. They were so much better and wiser than I. I must often appear so foolish. And yet they were always gentle and tactful, and even treated me with respect. It made me long daily more and more to be worthy of it. I was ...
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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. 1887 edition. Excerpt: ...Eisedales behaved to me was a source of never-ending astonishment and gratitude on my part. They were so much better and wiser than I. I must often appear so foolish. And yet they were always gentle and tactful, and even treated me with respect. It made me long daily more and more to be worthy of it. I was very sorry now that I had gone out that morning when they had wished me to stay at home. Did they feel hurt about it? I hoped not. In course of time I would tell them how repentant I was. An hour or two later a brown-skinned manservant brought me a letter that had been left at the hotel for me by a messenger. I saw at once that it was from Beggie. I tore it open and read it through with trembling eagerness. When I had finished it I folded it up and returned it to its envelope with a sad feeling of disappointment I had already been completely disenchanted, but I had expected a totally different kind of letter from this. I should have thought that, if Eeggie had drifted into mean conduct through giving way, first to one temptation, then another--even if he had lacked the moral courage to write and tell me the truth sooner--he would, when at last compelled to make his confession lest I should discover his faithlessness-for myself, be profuse in his apologies, humble in asking forgiveness, and sufficiently honourable to take all the blame upon himself. But it was not so. He did, indeed, ask my forgiveness; he did admit that he ought to have written to me sooner. All the same, he gave a colouring ta the whole transaction which had the effect of casting the smallest amount of discredit on himself, and the largest amount on the other people involved in it. I had never thought Eeggie clever; yet if I had found myself as much in the wrong as he was, I...
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