The widow & her daughter, by the authors of 'The wide, wide world' - Softcover
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. 1864 edition. Excerpt: ...out with me again." " Not to Mrs. Hillard's, mamma? " « Not to-day." " Where then, mamma? " " I want to show you two people, and ask which of them, in your opinion, is the happier. I expect you to take particular notice of all you see, so that you may tell me." Full of curiosity, Althea went to get ready. It was a fine autumn day, very pleasant for walking; the streets clean and dry, and a great multitude of people out in their best trim. Mrs. Norton went into the gayest quarter of the town, and turning out of a great avenue into a somewhat quieter street, presently rang the bell at a low, wide-fronted house. " Who lives here, mamma? " The door was opened before Mrs. Norton could answer, and they went in. It almost took away Althea's breath. Such beauty! such sweetness! The air, warm and fragrant, was filled with the scent of flowers and green-house plants; and no wonder, for on either hand, on low marble tables, stood enormous baskets filled with flowers--flowers that Althea had never seen, so brilliant, so strange, so gorgeous in colour some of them, that she felt as if she were in another land. Mrs. Norton paused to look at them. Farther on stood plants in pots, full of blossoms, filling the hall with their sweetness. The hall itself was large, wide, floored with polished black marble; with crimson rugs and mats spread here and there; and dark walls against which all these flowers showed brilliantly. They passed on, and were ushered into a very large room, where a young lady started up from a piano, before which she was sitting, and hastened to meet them with a glad face. " My dear Mrs. Norton! how clever of you to come and see me! how good you are! I did so want you this morning, and here you come. Now that's nice. Put yourself in this...
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- PublisherRareBooksClub.com
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 1458997448
- ISBN 13 9781458997449
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages20
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