Having And Holding : a Story of Country Life. in Three Volumes 1
The book Having And Holding : a Story of Country Life. in Three Volumes 1 was written by author Panton, J. E. (Jane Ellen), 1848-1923 Here you can read free online of Having And Holding : a Story of Country Life. in Three Volumes 1 book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Having And Holding : a Story of Country Life. in Three Volumes 1 a good or bad book?
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125 replace the gloom and ugliness, that, man like. Lord William felt, but could not particularise ? could love, rosy-laughing love, fly gallandy about Woodyhide, mocking the pigeons in the trees, and gathering the roses in the garden, where the ghost was supposed to walk ? The staid, smug tradespeople who com- posed the deputation sent out in the " Bear " waggonette from Barford to solemnly demand Lord William's private opinion on some question of local self-government, would have been conside...rably astonished could they have known how Jacinth's deep brown eyes and soft brown hair, her pliant figure, and charming presence, drifted between them and their candidate. They would have been amused, perhaps, had they known that the casual sight of the small brown primers at Bevercombe Vicarage was accountable for Lord William's fervid defence of the School Board's system of education, and they would 126 Having and Holding. have certainly been surprised, if they were capable of so being, after the enormous luncheon they all managed to dispose of, could they have seen all their statistics and neatly drawn-out minutes and resolutions bundled hastily into a drawer in the yet more dismal library, while Lord William drew out a large photjograph of a girl in a plain soft merino dress and small white apron, and gazed at it long and silently, comparing it with the gracious vision of the morning, seeing in Jacinth the truth, candour and earnestness that had caught his fancy in '' Ower Greace," plus gentle birth, breeding, and the low sweet voice that had been denied to Grace, and that seemed to him worth so little while his brief infatuation lasted ; but that were precious indeed when in the possession of one with whom he had fallen undoubtedly in love at first sight ; and which would be all in their favour, did that blessed day ever come, when he could Love at First Sight.
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