Her Infinite Variety

Her Infinite Variety

AMELIA came running eagerly down the wide stairs, and though she was smiling with the joy of Vernons coming, she stopped on the bottom step long enough to shake out the skirt of the new spring gown she wore, with a manner that told she had it on that evening for the first time. Vernon hastened to meet her, and it was not until he had kissed her and released her from his embrace that she saw the dressing-case he had set down in the hall. Vernon had come up from Springfield as usual for the weeks end adjournment, and Amelia had counted on his waiting over, as he always did, for the Monday night train, before going back to his duties in the Senate. More than all, she had counted on him for a dinner she had arranged for Monday evening. Amelia had had the deep chair Vernon liked so well wheeled into the mellow circle of the light that fell from a tall lamp. The lamp gave the only light in the room, and the room appeared vast in the dimness; an effect somehow aided by the chill that was on it, as if the fires of the Ansley house had been allowed to die down in an eager pretense of spring. It was spring, but spring in Chicago. Sunday morning had been bright and the lake had sparkled blue in the warm wind that came up somewhere from the southwest, but by night the wind had wheeled around, and the lake resumed its normal cold and menacing mood. As Vernon sank into the chair he caught a narrow glimpse of the boulevard between the curtains of the large window; in the brilliant light of a street lamp he could see a cold rain slanting down on to the asphalt. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

Product details

Ebook Number: 35727
Author: Whitlock, Brand
Release Date: Mar 30, 2011
Format: eBook
Language: English

Contributors

Illustrator: Christy, Howard Chandler, 1873-1952 , Seymour, Ralph Fletcher, 1876-1966