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“Is there nothing else you can suggest?” Emily asked. “Nothing—at present.” “If my aunt fails us, have we no other hope?” “I have hope in Mrs. Rook,” Alban answered. “I see I surprise you; but I r…
The metropolis of Great Britain is, in certain respects, like no other metropolis on the face of the earth. In the population that throngs the streets, the extremes of Wealth and the extremes of Pove…
Emily entered the room. The door was immediately closed on her from the outer side. Mrs. Ellmother’s heavy steps were heard retreating along the passage. Then the banging of the door that led into th…
Emily’s first act—after the discovery of Mrs. Ellmother’s incomprehensible disappearance—was to invite the new servant to follow her into the sitting-room. “Can you explain this?” she began. “No, m…
“May I say a word?” Mrs. Mosey inquired. She entered the room—pale and trembling. Seeing that ominous change, Emily dropped back into her chair. “Dead?” she said faintly. Mrs. Mosey looked at her i…
A fortnight after the disappearance of Mrs. Ellmother, and the dismissal of Mrs. Mosey, Doctor Allday entered his consulting-room, punctual to the hour at which he was accustomed to receive patients.…
Absorbed in the effort to overcome his patient’s reserve, the doctor had forgotten Emily’s letter. He opened it immediately. After reading the first sentence, he looked up with an expression of anno…
Arriving at the cottage, Doctor Allday discovered a gentleman, who was just closing the garden gate behind him. “Has Miss Emily had a visitor?” he inquired, when the servant admitted him. “The gent…
In the meantime, Emily, left by herself, had her own correspondence to occupy her attention. Besides the letter from Cecilia (directed to the care of Sir Jervis Redwood), she had received some lines …
“I am making a little excursion from the Engadine, my dearest of all dear friends. Two charming fellow-travelers take care of me; and we may perhaps get as far as the Lake of Como. “My sister (alrea…
