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Miles Tremenhere: A Novel. Vol. 1 of 2
TO ERASMUS WILSON, ESQ., F.R.S. IT IS ONE OF THE HIGHEST PRIVILEGES OF AUTHORSHIP, TO BE ENABLED TO OFFER A PUBLIC TRIBUTE, HOWEVER HUMBLE, TO THOSE WHO CLAIM OUR RESPECT: THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED TO ONETHE PATRON OF STRUGGLING TALENT, THE FRIEND OF THE POOR ONE, WHOSE FRIENDSHIP IS AN ESTEEMED HONOUR. THE AUTHORESS. "Tick tack, tick tack, tick tackfor ever goes the large hall clock, until my heart (imitative thing!) plays at pendulum with it! Seventeen long years that clock has been the monitor of Time in this old house. It commenced its career the day I came into this world, and, faithful to its trust, not for one hour can I remember its pausing. They say it ceased its vigilance one day; I do not remember it, but Aunt Dorcas once told meonly once, for she cried so bitterly that I never liked asking more about it. It was the one in which I became an orphan! My poor mother died, and they stopped it because its ticking reminded them of the day of my birth, when she bade them open her door to let her hear the friend whose career commenced with my lifethe friend who was to lead me to be good and happy, warning me of every passing hour! Poor, dear mamma! I wish I had known heroh, how I wish that now!for though my aunts and uncle Juvenal are very kind and loving, yet 'tis not like a mother's love, I feel thatI feel so much yearning for that unknown thing; it must be so beautiful, but one step below divinity in its hallowing power; and I, wicked girl, have been chiding the old hall clock, which she had a fanciful thought to make my twin!" Here the girl (for such was the speaker) paused awhile in her soliloquy; after a few moments, she continued:"But 'tis wearisome to sit for days and days, with only the same routine of events which you have known for years; even the variety of the past six months offers no amusement. The lawyer, the parson, and the squirethe squire, the lawyer, and the parsonwith my aunts Dorcas, Sylvia, and uncle Juvenal, each one chanting the praises of his or her pet. I daresay it is very wrong of me to think all this; but I don't love them less, my dear aunts, my kind uncle. Oh! especially him and aunt Dorcas; but I cannot likerather I should say lovethe squire and the young clergyman, even for their sakes. I didn't want to think of love yet; but they have set me thinking, and now I am always dreaming of the sort of man I should like. If there be heroes in the world I should like to find onesuch a one as I could love, tall, handsome, dark, dark! Yes, dark raven hair, and Spanish eyes, pale and thoughtful, especially"Here the soliloquy was disturbed by a shrill voice beneath the window, calling upwards from the garden, "Minnie, Minnie, child!" ......Buy Now (To Read More)
Ebook Number: 41275
Author: Maillard, Annette Marie
Release Date: Nov 3, 2012
Format: eBook
Language: English
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