Deerbrook - Softcover

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ISBN 10: 0385279795 ISBN 13: 9780385279796

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1884 edition. Excerpt: ...have found to be a mistake. When she saw her friend cover her eyes with her hand, as if for a listless hour of solitude, she felt that she had been wrong in yielding to her sister's jealousy of her being so much with Maria; and she resolved that, next time, Maria should appoint the hour for her return home. When Maria was thus covering her eyes with her hand, she was thinking--" Now, half this task is over. The other half to-morrow--and then the consequences!" When Margaret entered the drawing-room at home, where her brother was reading aloud to Hester, he exclaimed--"We beat all Deerbrook for early visiting, I think. Hera are you home; and I dare say Mr. Tucker has still another pipe to smoke, and the wine is not mulled yet at the Jameses." "It is quite time Margaret was giving us a little of her company, I am sure," said Hester. "You forget how early she went. If it was not for the school, I think she and Maria would spend all their time together. I have every wish not to interfere: but I cannot think that this friendship has made Maria less selfish." "It would, I dare say, my dear, but that there was no selfishness to begin upon. I am afraid she is very unwell, Margaret?" "In much pain, I fear." "I will go and see if I can do her any good. You can glance over what we have read, and I shall be back in a quarter of an hour, to go on with it." "I wonder you left Maria, if she is so poorly." "I determined that I would not, another time; but this time I had promised.", " Pray, do not make out that I am any restraint upon your intercourse with Maria. And yet--it is not quite fair to say that, either." "I do not think it is quite fair." "But you should warn me--you should tell me, if I ask anything unreasonable. When are you going again? An old...

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About the Author:

Harriet Martineau (1802-1876) authored Society in America (1837) and Retrospect of Western Travel (1838), which are considered to be major analyses of American life.

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