His manner when he spoke to me was so
[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] unusually quiet and subdued that I turned and looked after him, wondering if he were ill or out of spirits.I had originally closed the envelope in the usual way by moistening the adhesive point and pressing it on the paper beneath, and when I now tried it with my finger, after a lapse of full three-quarters of an hour, the envelope opened on the instant, without sticking or tearing.Laura proposed a stroll in the grounds to enjoy the close of the long evening.
There was a sense of blight in the air; the flowers were drooping in the garden, and the ground was parched and dewless. One is the same as another to me. Let us go to the lake -- we may find it cooler in the open space than
[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] we find it here.It is very hard for a woman to confess that the man to whom she has given her whole life is the man of all others who cares least for the gift.I let the memory of those happy days, when we were so fond of each other in secret, come back and comfort me.
I hope he is never lonely enough and sad enough to think of me and see me as I have thought of him and see him!We were at a little party given to the English by some friends of Sir Percival's -- Mr and Mrs Markland.He helped me out, and followed me upstairs as usual. But the moment we were in the drawing-room, he locked the door, pushed me down into a chair, and stood over me with his hands on my shoulders.The dense brown line of trees in the sky had faded in the gathering
[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] darkness to the faint resemblance of a long wreath of smoke.
