Donna Quixote, Volume 1Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1881 - Women |
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Page 38 - Bummer might have almost fancied himself far away from the tumult of modern life, buried in the seclusion of some lonely demesne, whose rightful owner is dead, and which is a monument rather than a home. At first the pale and melancholy face of Gabrielle seemed quite in keeping with the room she commonly occupied, but of late it must be owned that activity and youth were sending back the glow of health to the face of the young widow. With all her eager, earnest ways, some of which ill-natured censors...
Page 149 - ... soon after he returns to it, will, if I am not more mistaken than ever I was in my life, equal his birth and my hopes. Such a connection will be of infinite advantage to you ; and I can assure you that he is extremely disposed to form it upon my account ; and will, I hope and believe, desire to improve and cement it upon your own.
Page 61 - Bill. He had stiff beaver gloves, one of which was carried on, the other in, a hand. He was apparently the wreck of a gentleman ; a hulk that had been much wasted and battered by adverse wind and weather. His thin hair and whiskers had that dusty grey on their edges which always suggests what Henry of Navarre called the wind of adversity blowing in the face. It showed curiously unlike the soft comfortable grey that speaks of life to the latest well enjoyed, and of dinners always sure to come at the...
Page 104 - Gabrielle introduced him to Lefussis with becoming dignity of manner. ' I begged Mrs. Vanthorpe to be kind enough to introduce me,' Walter said, ' although I think you and I have met before, Mr. Lefussis. We have been engaged in the same good cause, I know, more than once. Now, Mrs. Vanthorpe has promised to excuse me, and I hope you will excuse me too ; I have to speak at a meeting in the East-end to night, and there is only just time to get a hasty scrap of dinner at my club as I go along. If you...
Page 57 - ... from her hopes. She was somewhat surprised when she saw Mr. Charlton. He was quite unlike what she had expected to see. This was a weakness on her part. She ought to have known that he would be unlike what she naturally expected to see. Everybody ought by this time to have mastered the physiological truth that the furious fanatic is certain to have the gentlest and sweetest manners; that the uncompromising atheist is one whose whole appearance suggests only devotional fervour; that the remorseless...
Page 66 - In fact, I don't know what he lives on ; Janet and I are rich in comparison. But I presume he thinks he patronises us because we never belonged to the class that has thrown him off.' ' I should like to do something for him, if I could,
Page 63 - asked Janet, much perplexed ; ' what a pity ! Isn't there anybody who can do anything?' ' Yes,' he answered with dignity ; ' I hope I can do something. I mean to try. Leven can do something ; Taxal can do something, in his small way, of course, in his small way. We can hold meetings ; I am going at once to Taxal and to Leven.' The names gave Gabrielle a chance of coming into the conversation -which she was rather glad of, for it was clear that Charlton would not enter into it, and poor Janet was...
Page 94 - I don't quite see,' said Gabrielle meditatively, ' is how we are to battle against this conspiracy. Don't think I would have you fail in courage, Miss Elvin, or that I would fail in courage myself. Only, if all these great singers are in a band against us ' — Gabrielle had already made Miss Elvin's cause her own — ' I fear we can hardly do much against them.
Page 59 - Vanthorpe,' said Gabrielle, smiling. ' Mrs. Vanthorpe would like a cup of tea.' Of course Gabrielle took care to say that she wished for a cup of tea above all things. ' You will excuse me, Mrs. Vanthorpe, I hope,' Robert went on, brightening up a little, ' if I seemed to forget your name. Of course, I knew well enough that it was for Mrs. Vanthorpe I was doing the work ; but when I saw you I never thought you were the lady. You look too young to be a married lady. I thought you were Miss Vanthorpe,...
Page 51 - ... delightful it would be ; how charming to have Robert show how clever he was, and what books he had read ; and he would do so when he was at his ease, which he was sure to be very soon with so charming a lady. What a very young lady she was — what a young widow. Why, she did not look more than twenty ! How Robert would admire her : and surely Mrs. Vanthorpe could not help liking Robert. The whole prospect was delightful. One little cloud was on it ; Mrs. Charlton hoped somehow that the young...