ISBN: 9780217237857

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not … More...

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1899 edition. Excerpt: ... Rough and Ready on that festive occasion; no one thought of the other relations; no one recalled them nor their eccentricities; Spindler himself was forgotten. People only recollected how Spindler''s lovely niece lavished her smiles and courtesies on every one, and brought to her feet particularly the misogynist Starbuck and the sarcastic Cooledge, oblivious of his previous speech; how she sat at the piano and sang like an angel, hushing the most hilarious and excited into sentimental and even maudlin silence; how, graceful as a nymph, she led with Uncle Dick a Virginia reel until the whole assembly joined, eager for a passing touch of her dainty hand in its changes; how, when two hours had passed,--all too swiftly for the guests,--they stood with bared heads and glistening eyes on the veranda to see the fairy coach whirl the fairy princess away! How--but this incident was never known to Rough and Ready. It happened in the sacred dressing-room, where Mrs. Price was cloaking with her own hands the departing half-niece of Mr. Spindler. Taking that opportunity to seize the lovely relative by the shoulders and shake her violently, she said: Oh, yes, and it''s all very well for you, Kate, you limb! For you''re going away, and will never see Rough and Ready and poor Spindler again. But what am I to do, miss? How am I to face it out? For you know I ''ve got to tell him at least that you ''re no half-niece of his! Have you? said the young lady. Have I? repeated the widow impatiently. Have I? Of course I have! What are you thinking of? I was thinking, aunty, said the girl audaciously, that from what I ''ve seen and heard to-night, if I''m not his half-niece now, it''s only a question of time! So you ''d better wait. Good-night, dear. And,... Bret Harte, Books, Mr. Jack Hamlin's mediation, and other stories Books, General Books LLC<

ISBN: 0217237851

Taschenbuch, [EAN: 9780217237857], Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Englisch, Englisch, Englisch, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Book, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Cambridge Scholars Publ… More...

Taschenbuch, [EAN: 9780217237857], Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Englisch, Englisch, Englisch, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Book, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 64082011, General, 63925011, Law, 54071011, Subjects, 52044011, Englische Bücher, 160516031, General AAS, 63925011, Law, 54071011, Subjects, 52044011, Englische Bücher, 208623031, Taschenbuch, 208621031, Format (binding_browse-bin), 366250011, Refinements, 52044011, Englische Bücher, 493113031, Englisch, 493112031, Languages, 366250011, Refinements, 52044011, Englische Bücher<

ISBN: 0217237851

Taschenbuch, [EAN: 9780217237857], Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Englisch, Englisch, Englisch, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Book, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Cambridge Scholars Publ… More...

Taschenbuch, [EAN: 9780217237857], Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Englisch, Englisch, Englisch, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Book, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 64082011, General, 63925011, Law, 54071011, Subjects, 52044011, Englische Bücher, 160516031, General AAS, 63925011, Law, 54071011, Subjects, 52044011, Englische Bücher, 208623031, Taschenbuch, 208621031, Format (binding_browse-bin), 366250011, Refinements, 52044011, Englische Bücher, 493113031, Englisch, 493112031, Languages, 366250011, Refinements, 52044011, Englische Bücher<