Flora Adair or, Love Works Wonders. Vol. 1 (of 2)

Flora Adair; or, Love Works Wonders. Vol. 1 (of 2)

In Rome, on a bright sunny morning in the month of March, 186, two ladies were seated in a drawing-room, the windows of which looked upon the Corso. Mother and daughter they evidently were; and, as they play a prominent part in this story, we may be permitted to devote a short time to describing them. As a mark of respect to age, we shall give the elder lady precedence. Although she was dressed in black, and seated at a table working, one could judge that her figure was tall and elegant. In her youth she had been a great beauty; yet it could not be said that strong traces of that beauty still lingered over those thin, worn features, for "sorrows, nor few, nor light," had set their mark upon them. But neither time nor grief had destroyed the calm, gentle expression of that countenance, ever ready to light up with a cheerful[2] smile and look happy in the happiness of others. Her character may be expressed in a single worddevotedness. As daughter, sister, wife, and mother, her whole life had been one almost unbroken act of self-sacrifice. Most of those whom she loved had been taken from her while she was still in the bloom of life; her children alone remained. The two eldera son and a daughterwere married, and therefore, in some degree, lost to her, so that Flora, her second daughter, was the only one really left; and in this, her youngest child, was centred Mrs. Adair's every hope and thought. Their affection was mutual: Flora Adair believed herself to be blessed indeed in her mother. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 43498
Author: Donelan, A. M.
Release Date: Aug 18, 2013
Format: eBook
Language: English