The Outcry

The Outcry

NO, my lord, Banks had replied, no stranger has yet arrived. But Ill see if any one has come inor who has. As he spoke, however, he observed Lady Sandgates approach to the hall by the entrance giving upon the great terrace, and addressed her on her passing the threshold. Lord John, my lady. With which, his duty majestically performed, he retired to the quarterthat of the main access to the spacious centre of the housefrom which he had ushered the visitor. This personage, facing Lady Sandgate as she paused there a moment framed by the large doorway to the outer expanses, the small pinkish paper of a folded telegram in her hand, had partly before him, as an immediate effect, the high wide interior, still breathing the quiet air and the fair pannelled security of the couple of hushed and stored centuries, in which certain of the reputed treasures of Dedborough Place beautifully disposed themselves; and then, through ample apertures and beyond the stately stone outworks of the great seated and supported houseuplifting terrace, balanced, balustraded steps and containing basins where splash and spray were at restall the rich composed extension of garden and lawn and park. An ancient, an assured elegance seemed to reign; pictures and preserved pieces, cabinets and tapestries, spoke, each for itself, of fine selection and high distinction; while the originals of the old portraits, in more or less deserved salience, hung over the happy scene as the sworn members of a great guild might have sat, on the beautiful April day, at one of their annual feasts. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

Product details

Ebook Number: 21969
Author: James, Henry
Release Date: Jun 29, 2007
Format: eBook
Language: English