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. 1910 Excerpt: ... them with scant ceremony over a chair, she stretched herself upon her bed, and lay there, silent, filled with brooding thoughts, while her sleepless eyes stared out upon the same veiled stars that shone upon Barbara's sad face as she walked up and down the parlour in the firelight, which threw those leaping shadows ...
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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. 1910 Excerpt: ... them with scant ceremony over a chair, she stretched herself upon her bed, and lay there, silent, filled with brooding thoughts, while her sleepless eyes stared out upon the same veiled stars that shone upon Barbara's sad face as she walked up and down the parlour in the firelight, which threw those leaping shadows over the brown rafters. At last she grew tired of her monotonous pacing, and curled herself up in a corner of the big red sofa, preparing to wait for Tom. He had promised to be home early, but his promises were not to be so much relied upon now as they had been before the advent of Mr. Preece's niece. Should she go and meet him through the wood? She longed to do so, to smell the sweet scent of the fir trees, to see the still lake lying placid and silent under the night sky. She longed for the cool air to fan her burning forehead; but she hesitated, and shrank in distaste from the idea of meeting Essylt, for of late she had become nervously afraid of the girl, who, living under the same roof with her, yet was so full of vindictive feelings towards her, and so she avoided all the pleasant walks in the sylvan glades which had once been so familiar to her. A thump at the door, and Peggy entered, carrying the lamp. "I would have brought it sooner, Miss vach, but it's waiting I've been to take the last loaf out of the oven, and there's busy I've been all day, and there's Essylt gone to bed, the idle huzzy--tired, I suppose, with her walk to Maentrevor--she's as weak as a rush. I don't know what is the matter with the girls nowadays, not I! There, merch-i, I'll bring Mr. Tom's supper in!" "Peggy," said Barbara, "I feel that I long for a little fresh air; I will take my cloak and walk a little way through the woods to meet Tom.&...
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