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diff --git a/40405-h/40405-h.htm b/40405-h/40405-h.htm index d9db12e..6899fad 100644 --- a/40405-h/40405-h.htm +++ b/40405-h/40405-h.htm @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en"> <head> - <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=iso-8859-1" /> + <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=UTF-8" /> <meta http-equiv="Content-Style-Type" content="text/css" /> <title> The Project Gutenberg eBook of Mary Seaham, Vol 1 of 3, by Mrs. Grey. @@ -179,46 +179,7 @@ table { </style> </head> <body> - - -<pre> - -Project Gutenberg's Mary Seaham, Volume 1 of 3, by Elizabeth Caroline Grey - -This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with -almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or -re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included -with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org/license - - -Title: Mary Seaham, Volume 1 of 3 - A Novel - -Author: Elizabeth Caroline Grey - -Release Date: August 4, 2012 [EBook #40405] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK MARY SEAHAM, VOLUME 1 OF 3 *** - - - - -Produced by Robert Cicconetti, Mary Meehan and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This -file was produced from images generously made available -by The Internet Archive) - - - - - - -</pre> - +<div>*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 40405 ***</div> <div class="figcenter"> <img src="images/tp1.jpg" alt=""/> @@ -1187,11 +1148,11 @@ fain be able to awake and say: it was a dream.</p> incident which some years ago had cast its beguiling shadows upon the pure stream of our heroine's young existence. She was scarcely sixteen, when, under the <i>chaperonage</i> of her sister, Lady Everingham, then a -bride, she had found herself at the summer fête, given by the father of +bride, she had found herself at the summer fête, given by the father of her cousin, Mr. de Burgh's beautiful betrothed. Lady Everingham was taken ill soon after her arrival, and returned home with her husband, leaving her young sister under the nominal care of her cousin, Louis de -Burgh, and his <i>fiancée</i> (the queen of that day's revels), who had, with +Burgh, and his <i>fiancée</i> (the queen of that day's revels), who had, with the most eager kindness, taken upon themselves the charge, but as may be naturally supposed were but far too much better employed to carry out their good intentions, so that Mary, having for some little time kept @@ -1233,7 +1194,7 @@ gratefully into the dark eyes bent down so kindly upon her. The tone in which he mentioned her cousin seemed to denote that an intimacy existed between them. But setting aside these considerations, there was no prudery in that young and innocent heart. She placed her arm within that -of the stranger's with the <i>naïve</i> and simple confidence of a child, and +of the stranger's with the <i>naïve</i> and simple confidence of a child, and suffered him to lead her away from the scene of her discomfiture.</p> <p>Neither did he seem in any hurry to relieve himself of the charge he had @@ -1354,7 +1315,7 @@ hope with freshness yet undiminished, and vigour unabated.</p> <p>It was then between five and six years after, that Mary Seaham, on a summer eve found herself approaching her cousin's house in ——, which place she had last visited with her sister, Lady Everingham, and from -thence repaired to that fête which had proved no unimportant incident in +thence repaired to that fête which had proved no unimportant incident in her life.</p> @@ -1486,7 +1447,7 @@ in the impression she had received, or the associations connected with her memories of those relatives, that had moved her, perhaps with little reflection, to embrace the offer.</p> -<p>But now she is thinking on the fête of six years ago—of the urgent +<p>But now she is thinking on the fête of six years ago—of the urgent alacrity with which her cousin and his beautiful intended had then volunteered their protection and support, and their subsequent neglect and abandonment. Might not this incident be a type of what she had to @@ -1638,7 +1599,7 @@ words were spoken till dinner was announced, and then her cousin's arm, with something of revived cheerfulness, was offered to her, and they proceeded to the dining-room.</p> -<p>They were seated <i>tête-à-tête</i> at the table, and had not proceeded half +<p>They were seated <i>tête-à -tête</i> at the table, and had not proceeded half way through the meal, which was far from justifying Mr. de Burgh's unpromising prognostications, when the sound of carriage wheels was heard, and a loud peal at the door bell denoted the expected arrival.</p> @@ -1792,7 +1753,7 @@ at the same time murmuring their declaration of a previous acquaintance.</p> <p>"Indeed!" exclaimed Mrs. de Burgh, with some surprise, "when and where could you have possibly met?"</p> -<p>"You forget the fête at Morland, when you so cruelly abandoned Miss +<p>"You forget the fête at Morland, when you so cruelly abandoned Miss Seaham to her fate, whilst you and Louis," with a little covered malice in his tone, "went love-making."</p> @@ -2885,7 +2846,7 @@ reflect for him as in a glass the blooming present."</p> <hr style="width: 45%;" /> <p>It was not till the middle of September that Eugene Trevor returned. -Mary saw him first again at an archery <i>fête</i> given in the grounds of +Mary saw him first again at an archery <i>fête</i> given in the grounds of Morland, the scene of their former meeting and acquaintance.</p> <p>But that it would prove a day coloured by the same bright remembrances, @@ -2906,7 +2867,7 @@ imagine it otherwise?) the new pursuits and scenes of interests in which he had been engaged, had effaced all traces of any slight impression she might have made upon his mind or feelings.</p> -<p>No greeting passed between them until, on their way to the <i>déjeûner</i>, +<p>No greeting passed between them until, on their way to the <i>déjeûner</i>, Eugene passed her with another lady on his arm, and the one they then exchanged was necessarily slight and hurried, signifying nothing.</p> @@ -3031,7 +2992,7 @@ on many accounts, but he supposed he must submit to at least a week's confinement, as the medical man considered it his only chance of a speedy recovery. Mary looked a little pale at dinner after this intelligence, but was otherwise as cheerful, as calmly happy, as she had -been since the <i>fête</i>.</p> +been since the <i>fête</i>.</p> <p>Mrs. de Burgh afterwards sent over to inquire after her cousin, and once Mr. de Burgh, having occasion to ride into the neighbourhood, called to @@ -3103,7 +3064,7 @@ radiance, feeling quite capable of appreciating the enjoyment, nay luxury, of occasional solitude of the kind under similar auspices.</p> <p>She felt quite sure as she glanced around, when Mrs. de Burgh closed the -door behind her, that the <i>tête-à-tête</i> of Olivia and her friend would +door behind her, that the <i>tête-à -tête</i> of Olivia and her friend would not be intruded upon by her to-night, that for the hour or two before bed-time she should be well able to wile away her moments more agreeably; and when in accordance with Mrs. de Burgh's anticipations, @@ -3112,7 +3073,7 @@ issuing from the dining-room they proceeded to the library, and shut the door upon them to pore, for the remainder of the evening, over books and plans—for Mr. L—— had to leave early on the following morning—Mary obediently followed Mrs. de Burgh's injunction, "to make herself -comfortable," by sinking back on a luxurious <i>bergère</i> on one side of +comfortable," by sinking back on a luxurious <i>bergère</i> on one side of the fire place, and returning to the perusal of a work she had commenced that day—whether for the name's-sake we cannot tell—but when my readers learn its title, they will scarcely wonder if she now proceeded @@ -3152,7 +3113,7 @@ feelings we have awakened, than the effect produced by meetings of this sort.</p> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> -<span class="i0">"Le plus aimé n'est pas toujours le meilleur reçu,"<br /></span> +<span class="i0">"Le plus aimé n'est pas toujours le meilleur reçu,"<br /></span> </div></div> <p>some French poet writes, but <i>rencontres</i> of this description admit of @@ -4007,7 +3968,7 @@ brightness at present pervading the mansion, appeared concentrated within its walls, for all want of fire was supplied by the genial warmth the afternoon sunshine emitted through the pleasant window, near to which Eugene and Mary at once seated themselves, to enjoy under these -auspicious circumstances the first <i>tête-à-tête</i> interview afforded them +auspicious circumstances the first <i>tête-à -tête</i> interview afforded them since their engagement.</p> <p>"This is a pretty room, is it not?" Eugene remarked.</p> @@ -4187,7 +4148,7 @@ careless quiet way, perhaps owing to the same physical exhaustion, but which seemed certainly rather disproportionate to the interest and magnitude of the facts it conveyed.</p> -<p>"Bye the bye," she said, <i>à-propos</i> to something to which Mary had +<p>"Bye the bye," she said, <i>à -propos</i> to something to which Mary had alluded concerning Eugene, "I promised to tell you about his brother. His elder brother, you must know—"</p> @@ -4323,7 +4284,7 @@ are, even with the sweetest and most engaging, all apt to do, when the mind is in any way agitated or over-burdened—an infliction rather than a relief; so she gladly relinquished them to the nurse, who came to summon them for their walk; and then as she justly deemed the -<i>éclaircissement</i> between her cousins had lasted quite as long as was +<i>éclaircissement</i> between her cousins had lasted quite as long as was either necessary or desirable, and that it would be less formidable to join them at once than to wait any longer, in suspense, a formal summons, she determined to proceed to the library, and soon had carried @@ -4719,10 +4680,10 @@ an opportunity of beholding Mr. Trevor; she having been—of course in the strictest confidence—enlightened by Mrs. de Burgh as to the position of affairs between that gentleman and Miss Seaham.</p> -<p>At dinner everything went on <i>à merveille</i>, sociably and agreeably in +<p>At dinner everything went on <i>à merveille</i>, sociably and agreeably in the extreme, and as the two gentlemen left the dining-room, the cheerful laugh which was heard proceeding from Eugene Trevor's lips told that if -the <i>great</i> subject had been discussed during the <i>tête-à-tête</i> to which +the <i>great</i> subject had been discussed during the <i>tête-à -tête</i> to which he and Mr. de Burgh had been subjected, nothing but good humour and friendliness, had been the issue.</p> @@ -4739,7 +4700,7 @@ agreeable to Mrs. Trevyllian.</p> <p>How Eugene and Mary occupied themselves it is not very difficult to explain. Mary at least could have entered into the fancy of Madame de -Staël, who depicts her idea of one of the highest felicities that could +Staël, who depicts her idea of one of the highest felicities that could be imagined as belonging to that seventh heaven of which an angel was sent to explore the delights—to be the listening to sweet music by the side of one's beloved.</p> @@ -4788,13 +4749,13 @@ foolish, dangerous, and presumptuous, namely, to <i>make</i> one."</p> <p>"Oh, if you mean to apply that to me, you are quite at fault. You seem to give me all the credit of this business; I assure you it is more than I can lay claim to. I never saw a match which seemed more truly one of -those said to be made in heaven. Why, years ago, at that fête at Morland +those said to be made in heaven. Why, years ago, at that fête at Morland before we married, I now perfectly remember Eugene telling me after it was over, that he had never met with a sweeter little girl than that Miss Seaham, whom he had good-naturedly taken under his charge, and the first night he met her here, after Mary's arrival, he hardly took his eyes off her all the evening; whilst Mary tells me she had never -forgotten him since he was so kind to her at that <i>fête</i>. But even if it +forgotten him since he was so kind to her at that <i>fête</i>. But even if it were not so, I cannot imagine why you should set your face so much against the marriage."</p> @@ -5339,7 +5300,7 @@ that was a long time ago."</p> <p>"Well! I suppose, I ought to be very much pleased."</p> <p>"Ought! but you are—yes, though you try to look so solemn—you are -delighted at your prophecy—your old <i>bête noir</i> being thus effectually +delighted at your prophecy—your old <i>bête noir</i> being thus effectually removed. Namely, that your sisters would be 'old maids.'"</p> <p>"Ah! yes—for how could I ever have imagined, that so many eligible @@ -5498,388 +5459,6 @@ Printed by Schulze and Co., 13, Poland Street</p> <p class="center">[Transcriber's Note: Hyphen and spelling variations within each volume and between volumes left as printed.]</p> - - - - - - - -<pre> - - - - - -End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Mary Seaham, Volume 1 of 3, by -Elizabeth Caroline Grey - -*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK MARY SEAHAM, VOLUME 1 OF 3 *** - -***** This file should be named 40405-h.htm or 40405-h.zip ***** -This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: - http://www.gutenberg.org/4/0/4/0/40405/ - -Produced by Robert Cicconetti, Mary Meehan and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This -file was produced from images generously made available -by The Internet Archive) - - -Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions -will be renamed. - -Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no -one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation -(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without -permission and without paying copyright royalties. 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