ISBN: 9780217000345

Book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1883. Not illustrated. … More...

Book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1883. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XIV. THE PARTY AT THE GRANGE. Catherine''s Christmas party called forth all Redborough. It was an assembly to which the best people in the place considered themselves bound to go, notwithstanding that many of the small people were there also. Everybody indeed was supposed to come, and all classes were represented. The respectable old clerks, who had spent their lives in the bank, talked upon equal terms, according to the fiction of society, with the magnates of the town, and Edward and Harry Vernon, and others of the golden youth, asked their daughters to dance. The great ladies in their jewels sat about upon the sofas, and so did Mrs. Halifax, the cashier''s wife, and Mrs. Brown, the head clerk''s, in their ribbons. All was supposed to be equality and happiness; if it were not so, then the fault was upon the shoulders of the guests, and not of the hostess, who walked about from one to another, and was so civil to Mrs. Brown--so very civil--that Lady Freemantle could not help whispering to Mrs. Merridew that, after all, when a woman had once been engaged in business, it always left a mark upon her. She is more at home with those sort of persons than she is with the county, Lady Freemantle said. Mrs. Merridew was deeply nattered with the confidence, and gave a most cordial assent. It does give a sort of an unfeminine turn of mind, though dear Miss Vernon is so universally respected, she said. This little dialogue would have given Catherine sincere enjoyment if she had heard it. She divined it from the conjunction of Lady Freemantle''s diamonds with Mrs. Merridew''s lace, as they leant towards each other, and from the expression and direction of their eyes. On her side Mrs. Brown drew conclusions quite as fallacious. Miss Vernon is well aware how much the youn... Margaret Oliphant Oliphant, Books, History, Hester Books>History This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from GeneralBooksClub.com. You can also preview excerpts from the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Published by: Macmillan in 1883 in 297 pages; Subjects: Fiction / Classics; Fiction / Fantasy / General; Fiction / Literary; Fiction / Psychological; Fiction / Romance / General; Fiction / Family Life; Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh;<

ISBN: 9780217000345

Book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1883. Not illustrated. … More...

Book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1883. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XIV. THE PARTY AT THE GRANGE. Catherine''s Christmas party called forth all Redborough. It was an assembly to which the best people in the place considered themselves bound to go, notwithstanding that many of the small people were there also. Everybody indeed was supposed to come, and all classes were represented. The respectable old clerks, who had spent their lives in the bank, talked upon equal terms, according to the fiction of society, with the magnates of the town, and Edward and Harry Vernon, and others of the golden youth, asked their daughters to dance. The great ladies in their jewels sat about upon the sofas, and so did Mrs. Halifax, the cashier''s wife, and Mrs. Brown, the head clerk''s, in their ribbons. All was supposed to be equality and happiness; if it were not so, then the fault was upon the shoulders of the guests, and not of the hostess, who walked about from one to another, and was so civil to Mrs. Brown--so very civil--that Lady Freemantle could not help whispering to Mrs. Merridew that, after all, when a woman had once been engaged in business, it always left a mark upon her. She is more at home with those sort of persons than she is with the county, Lady Freemantle said. Mrs. Merridew was deeply nattered with the confidence, and gave a most cordial assent. It does give a sort of an unfeminine turn of mind, though dear Miss Vernon is so universally respected, she said. This little dialogue would have given Catherine sincere enjoyment if she had heard it. She divined it from the conjunction of Lady Freemantle''s diamonds with Mrs. Merridew''s lace, as they leant towards each other, and from the expression and direction of their eyes. On her side Mrs. Brown drew conclusions quite as fallacious. Miss Vernon is well aware how much the youn... Margaret Oliphant Oliphant, Books, History, Hester Books>History, General Books LLC<

ISBN: 9780217000345

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