Susan Proudleigh

Susan Proudleigh

This story was first published serially in the Jamaica Daily Gleaner, under the title of Susan: Mr. Proudleighs Daughter, having been presented by the Jamaica Tobacco Co. to the reading public of the Island of Jamaica. I know I ave enemies, said Susan bitterly; I know I am hated in this low neighbourhood. But I dont see what them should hate me for, for I never interfere wid any of them. That they will never get me to do, snapped Susan. I wouldnt mix with a lot of people who are not my companions, even if them was covered from top to toe with gold. It is bad enough that I have to live near them, but further than that I am not going. It is good morning and good evening with me, an that is all. Catherine referred to most of the people living in the immediate vicinity, between Susan and whom a fierce feud had existed for some months. It was born of envy and nurtured by malice, and Susan knew that well. She dressed better than most of the girls in the lane, she lived in a front house, while most of them had to be content with ordinary yard-rooms. She frequently went for rides on the electric cars, whereas they could only afford such pleasure on Sundays and on public holidays. She carried herself with an air of social superiority which was gall and wormwood to the envious; and often on walking through the lane she had noticed the contemptuous looks of those whom, with greater contempt, she called the common folks and treated with but half-concealed disdain. On the whole, she had rather enjoyed the hostility of these people, for it was in its way a tribute to her own importance. But now a discomforting development had taken place in the manner in which the dislike of the neighbourhood habitually showed itself. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 56335
Author: De Lisser, Herbert George
Release Date: Jan 7, 2018
Format: eBook
Language: English