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Strong as the impression was which Captain Bennydeck had produced on Randal, Mrs. Presty’s first words dismissed it from his mind. She asked him if he had any message for his brother. Randal instant…
Linley had one instant left, in which he might have drawn, back into the library in time to escape Sydney’s notice. He was incapable of the effort of will. Grief and suspense had deprived him of that…
The autumn holiday-time had come to an end; and the tourists had left Scotland to the Scots. In the dull season, a solitary traveler from the North arrived at the nearest post-town to Mount Morven. …
In a cottage on the banks of one of the Cumberland Lakes, two ladies were seated at the breakfast-table. The windows of the room opened on a garden which extended to the water’s edge, and on a boat-h…
When she was not eating her meals or asleep in her bed, absolute silence on Mrs. Presty’s part was a circumstance without precedent in the experience of her daughter. Mrs. Presty was absolutely silen…
No second letter arrived. But a telegram was received from the lawyer toward the end of the week. “Expect me to-morrow on business which requires personal consultation.” That was the message. In ta…
Punctual to his fishing appointment with Kitty, Mr. Sarrazin was out in the early morning, waiting on the pier. Not a breath of wind was stirring; the lazy mist lay asleep on the further shore of th…
Having read Mrs. Linley’s answer, Mr. Sarrazin looked out of the breakfast-room window, and saw that the fog had reached the cottage. Before Mrs. Presty could make any remark on the change in the wea…
Winter had come and gone; spring was nearing its end, and London still suffered under the rigid regularity of easterly winds. Although in less than a week summer would begin with the first of June, M…
As a lawyer, Randal’s guest understood that a narrative of events can only produce the right effect, on one condition: it must begin at the beginning. Having related all that had been said and done d…
