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Belgravia (Volume 81)

Belgravia (Volume 81)

Braddon, Mary Elizabeth

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General World History

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ISBN10: 1154402118
ISBN13: 9781154402117
Publisher: General Books
Pages: 160
Weight: 0.66
Height: 0.34 Width: 7.44 Depth: 9.69
Language: English
This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1893. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... sundry objects of art, antique trifles, and such like bibelots, marks of esteem that confirmed that gentleman's already high estimate of himself, until he grew quite patronising to his new friend. To May it seemed delightfully natural to see Mr. Ogilvie come in and out in an easy, unconventional way. His gifts of flowers, and frequent loan of books, brought wonderful enjoyment and variety into her life, with which he gradually and imperceptibly entwined himself. It was a quietly pleasant time. Ogilvie occasionally sent admissions to the TheAtre Francais or the Opera Comique, to Riddell and his daughter, where he almost always joined them, and discussed the play or the music between the acts, with May, who had grown so accustomed to him that she had ceased to feel his overpowering superiority apcl talked freely e.nough in his presence. Intellectually, this intercourse was jpjtremely beneficial to a half-educated girl, the ultimate-good perhaps-%yas problematical. ' ft wis the lastSunday in the month, and the following Wednesday Mr. Riddell had arranged to leave home for ten days or a fortnight, and had gone out in the afternoon to leave his card at one or two houses, when Ogilvie rang at the entrance of the entresol. (He had for some time ceased to ask the concierge for Mr. Riddell.) The door was opened by May, in a very pretty out-door costume, a silver-grey bardge, and a large black ace hat, with soft feathers, a couple of deep red carnations coquettishly fastened under the brim and over the right ear. My father is out, she said, as soon as they had exchanged greetings. And his daughter is going out, said Ogilvie smiling. I must not detain you, but he crossed the threshold as he spoke. Oh! I am not obliged to go out immediately. I am going up to Madame F...

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