ISBN: 0548022895

[EAN: 9780548022894], Neubuch, FRANK R. STOCKTON,LITERARY, This item is printed on demand. Hardcover. This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can dow… More...

[EAN: 9780548022894], Neubuch, FRANK R. STOCKTON,LITERARY, This item is printed on demand. Hardcover. 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. 1887. Not illustrated. Excerpt: . . . CHAPTER XIX FEW days after the entrance of Miss Matilda Stull into the Justin field of view, Mr. Horace Stratford was driving slowly along one of the by-roads in the neighborhood of Cherry Bridge. It was about the middle of the afternoon, and he was starting out on one of those mountain drives with which he varied his fishing and walking experiences. He had allowed his horse to fall into a small jog-trot; for, a sensible man will not drive fast over the ordinary by-road of mountainous neighborhoods when his mind is fixed upon a subject entirely unrelated to roads and driving. Mr. Stratfords mind was intently fixed upon the subject of his plans and purposes regarding the future welfare of Miss Gay Armatt. His desire to promote this welfare was as strong as ever, and his belief in the justice of his purposes was unshaken, but his hopes of their success were not quite so bright as they had been. He could not but admit to himself that while he had made upon the mind of this young lady quite as forcible an impression of the value of worthy male companionship as he had expected to make, that impression had not produced the result which he had hoped from it. Miss Gay, indeed, appeared capable of entertaining, at the same time, a true and earnest friendship for one man and a true and earnest love for another man. Thus, while he had gained for himself a most charming and sympathetic friend, Mr. Crisman still retained a loyal lady-love. Now, while Stratford had no objection whatever to make for himself a charming friend, that was not the ultimate object of his carefully considered conduct towards Gay Armatt. If Mr. Crismans hold upon the girl were not loosened, it mattered little to her future what hold any one else retained upon her. Perhaps, said Stratford to himsel. . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN., [PU: Kessinger]<

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Internationaler Buchtitel. In englischer Sprache. Verlag: KESSINGER PUB CO, 428 Seiten, L=229mm, B=152mm, H=27mm, Gew.=794gr, [GR: 11110 - HC/Belletristik/Romane/Erzählungen], [SW: - Fic… More...

Internationaler Buchtitel. In englischer Sprache. Verlag: KESSINGER PUB CO, 428 Seiten, L=229mm, B=152mm, H=27mm, Gew.=794gr, [GR: 11110 - HC/Belletristik/Romane/Erzählungen], [SW: - Fiction - General], Gebunden<

ISBN: 9780548022894

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