Complete works. With illus. by the author and introductory notes setting forth the history of the several works by Horace E. Scudder (1890) (14791095023)

Identifier: completeworkswit18thacuoft (find matches)
Title: Complete works. With illus. by the author and introductory notes setting forth the history of the several works by Horace E. Scudder
Year: 1890 (1890s)
Authors: Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863 Scudder, Horace Elisha, 1838-1902
Subjects:
Publisher: Boston Houghton, Mifflin
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN



Text Appearing Before Image:
e world, and as if his niece would jump forjoy to go back to her mother. But to the Majors astonish-ment, Miss Baynes turned quite pale, ran to her hostess,flung herself into that ladys arms, and then there began anoscillatory performance which perfectly astonished the goodMajor. Charlottes friend, holding Miss Baynes tight inher embrace, looked fiercely at the Major over the girlsshoulder, and defied him to take her away from that sanc-tuary. Oh, you dear, good dear friend ! Charlotte gurgled out,and sobbed I know not what more expressions of fondnessand gratitude. But the truth is, that two sisters, or mother and daughter,could not love each other more heartily than these two per-sonages. Mother and daughter forsooth ! You should haveseen Charlottes piteous look when sometimes the convictionwould come on her that she ought at length to go home tomamma; such a look as I can fancy Iphigenia casting onAgamemnon, when, in obedience to a painful sense of duty 124 THE ADVENTURES OF PHILIP
Text Appearing After Image:
he was about to — to use the sacrificial knife. No, we allloved her. The children would howl at the idea of partingwith their Miss Grigsby. Charlotte, in return, helped tliemto very pretty lessons in music and French — served hot, asit were, from her own recent studies at Toms — and a good ON Ills WAY THROUGH THE WORLD. 125 daily governess operated on the rest of tlieir education toeverybodys satisfaction. And so months rolled on and our young favorite still re-mained with us. Mamma fed the little maids purse withoccasional remittances j and begged her hostess to supplyher with all necessary articles from the milliner. After-wards, it is true, Mrs. General Baynes * * But whyenter upon these painful family disputes in a chapter whichhas been devoted to sentiment ? As soon as Mr. Firmin received the letter above faitlifullycopied (with the exception of the pecuniary offer, which Ido not consider myself at liberty to divulge), he hurrieddown from Thornliaugh Street to Westminster.