My Lady Clancarty

My Lady Clancarty - Being the True Story of the Earl of Clancarty and Lady Elizabeth Spencer

At her feet the lawn was close clipped and green; beyond was a garland of many colors, roses by hundreds and tens of hundreds, the warmth and glow of the sun upon them; behind them, the long avenue of limes and beeches, and between the trees vistas of level land with the deer moving to and fro. Come, Alice, she said, tis too fair a day to linger indoors. Bring your lute, girl, and well sing one of those dear Irish ballads where none may hear it, to carp and scold,none,[Pg 2] indeed, but the rooks and butterflies, or perchance the roses. What sayst thou, Alice, may not a rose hear sweet sounds when it exhales such sweet perfume? Both were young girls, but youth and the rosy comeliness of youth sat more lightly on the handmaid Alice, whose simple face and figure suggested nothing more subtle than the virtue and homely wisdom of a country girl. It was quite different with Lady Betty Clancarty, the daughter of the Earl of Sunderland and the maiden wife of an Irish peer. There was a slight pensiveness to her beauty, for beautiful she was; yet there were times when the gayety of a vivacious spirit broke through all restraints, and she was the light-hearted, witty girl that nature had intended her to be. Her eyesbeautiful eyes they were, too,were large, clear and sparkling with spirit, and[Pg 3] the soft tints of her complexion and the glossy waves of her dark hair combined to make a charming picture, far more human and bewitching, indeed, than her own portrait from the brush of Lely, hanging in the great gallery at Althorpe. The pensiveness of her expression showed only when her face was in repose; when she smiled the sun shone through the cloud. Her figure was gracefully tall in its gown of white dimity flowered with pink, the neck dressed open with falls of lace, and the full sleeves loose and flowing at the elbow. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

Product details

Ebook Number: 55706
Author: Taylor, Mary Imlay
Release Date: Oct 8, 2017
Format: eBook
Language: English

Contributors

Illustrator: Stephens, Alice Barber, 1858-1932