Sinopsis
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. 1878. Excerpt: ... WILFRED MENTEITH'S MISTAKE. CHAPTER I. FLIGHT. "From your presence forth I go A lost and lonely man; Reckless alike of weal or woe Heaven's benison or ban. He who has known the tempest's worst May bare him to the blast. Blame not these tears: they are the first; Are they the last?" The word was uttered in a clear, emphatic, manly voice. "Oh, Wilfred!" exclaimed Flora Menteith, at this, as she deemed, heartless decision of her brother's. "No, I repeat. I have no other answer to give." "And Celia is breaking her heart for you!" remonstrated Flora. "Her heart," Wilfred echoed bitterly--" her heart!" "The truest and kindest in the world," said his sister. "If you throw it away, as you seem unaccountably bent on doing, you will never in all your life find any one to love you as she has loved you, Wilfred." "Heaven forbid that I ever should! And heaven forbid that I should ever love woman again as I have loved her!" "What do you mean, Wilfred?" asked Flora. "Why are you so changed? I am really puzzled and miserable!" "Don't fret, my dear. It is.not your fault, and it is beyond your remedy." "But what is the reason?" she persisted. "I am so fond of Celia; and I thought that we should all be so happy when you were married. Why is it all altered?" "You had better ask Celia herself," suggested Wilfred. "She knows no more than I do. She is quite as much in the dark, and just as unhappy." "Then you have asked her?" "Certainly I have--at least, when your dreadful letter came, I told her I had heard that your engagemerit was broken off, and that you were going abroad. I asked if she could tell me why; and she could not--she could offer no explanation." "Of course not! she has gained her object, and thrown the quarrel at my door--and she is satisfied." "Wilfred, how can...
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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. 1878. Excerpt: ... WILFRED MENTEITH'S MISTAKE. CHAPTER I. FLIGHT. "From your presence forth I go A lost and lonely man; Reckless alike of weal or woe Heaven's benison or ban. He who has known the tempest's worst May bare him to the blast. Blame not these tears: they are the first; Are they the last?" The word was uttered in a clear, emphatic, manly voice. "Oh, Wilfred!" exclaimed Flora Menteith, at this, as she deemed, heartless decision of her brother's. "No, I repeat. I have no other answer to give." "And Celia is breaking her heart for you!" remonstrated Flora. "Her heart," Wilfred echoed bitterly--" her heart!" "The truest and kindest in the world," said his sister. "If you throw it away, as you seem unaccountably bent on doing, you will never in all your life find any one to love you as she has loved you, Wilfred." "Heaven forbid that I ever should! And heaven forbid that I should ever love woman again as I have loved her!" "What do you mean, Wilfred?" asked Flora. "Why are you so changed? I am really puzzled and miserable!" "Don't fret, my dear. It is.not your fault, and it is beyond your remedy." "But what is the reason?" she persisted. "I am so fond of Celia; and I thought that we should all be so happy when you were married. Why is it all altered?" "You had better ask Celia herself," suggested Wilfred. "She knows no more than I do. She is quite as much in the dark, and just as unhappy." "Then you have asked her?" "Certainly I have--at least, when your dreadful letter came, I told her I had heard that your engagemerit was broken off, and that you were going abroad. I asked if she could tell me why; and she could not--she could offer no explanation." "Of course not! she has gained her object, and thrown the quarrel at my door--and she is satisfied." "Wilfred, how can...
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