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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: Miss Hildreth, Volume 1 of 3 - A Novel - -Author: Augusta de Grasse Stevens - -Release Date: August 7, 2012 [EBook #40431] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK MISS HILDRETH, 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 40431 ***</div> <div class="figcenter"> <img src="images/tp1.jpg" alt=""/> @@ -323,7 +282,7 @@ I Dedicate this Book.</p> <p>"<span class="smcap">My Friend</span>,</p> -<p>"A clever Frenchman once said, 'On revient toujours à ses premiers +<p>"A clever Frenchman once said, 'On revient toujours à ses premiers amours.' Let us suppose this to have been said of a woman who, in her first youth, had loved a man and jilted him, and then, after many years and much sorrow, her heart returned again to him with a @@ -405,7 +364,7 @@ for briefs, idle, clever, lazy, and cursed with expectations of money, first met Patricia Hildreth. He was living then in a small city, in the interior of New York State, situated near one of those great lakes so renowned for their beauty and their treachery. On account of his talents -and position he was rather the <i>enfant gâté</i> of society in that +and position he was rather the <i>enfant gâté</i> of society in that aristocratic little town; which, by the way, held itself very exclusive, and counted among its residents many blue-blooded descendants of old colonial families; its customs were colonial as well as its traditions, @@ -437,7 +396,7 @@ young amazon a maiden fresh from that modern Babylon, New York, where, if all the girls were fair, all, too, were more or less false, and like the Lorelei, only ensnared to destroy? Would it not be a proud boast for all future Huronites if this beautiful young witch should be captured by -their village Perseus, and so changing the classic rôle be made +their village Perseus, and so changing the classic rôle be made subservient to his will and pleasure all the days of her life?</p> <p>But Patricia was petulant and capricious, and Patricia was not to be @@ -722,7 +681,7 @@ think herself a disciple of the most advanced agnostic cult, is nothing if not cultured, and pins her artistic canons to those of Burne Jones and Walter Crane; is a working member of the Sorosis Club, the Nineteenth Century, and every other woman's club in the Union; writes -for the magazines, and always has an æsthetic novel on the stocks, which +for the magazines, and always has an æsthetic novel on the stocks, which never is launched. How do you like this style, Philip?"</p> <p>"Honestly, not at all," answered Tremain, echoing her thrill of @@ -782,7 +741,7 @@ Esther, you must surely know that having suffered once in that way, I am not likely to be easily attracted again. I fancy the woman who could win my cynical and fastidious heart, has not yet come from the other world; she must needs combine all the beauties of the graces, the attributes of -the muses, and be withal, like Cæsar's wife, above suspicion. Find me +the muses, and be withal, like Cæsar's wife, above suspicion. Find me such a divinity, Esther, or else I shall wait for your own little Marianne."</p> @@ -817,10 +776,10 @@ outside verandah, on to which opened two large windows of stained glass, through whose mellow tints the light shone in tenderest colours; heavy draperies, of some wondrous Eastern fabric, fell on either side of the broad low door; a neutral-tinted wall supported rare plaques of Moorish -faïence, and choice selections of <i>bric-à-brac</i>, with here and there the -glimmer of brass sconces and silver <i>repoussé</i> ovals, relieving the +faïence, and choice selections of <i>bric-à -brac</i>, with here and there the +glimmer of brass sconces and silver <i>repoussé</i> ovals, relieving the somewhat sombre tone; while everywhere, in each possible or impossible -spot, on every table, in every vase or bowl, a wealth of Maréchal Niel +spot, on every table, in every vase or bowl, a wealth of Maréchal Niel roses filled the air with their subtle pungent perfume, and caught and held the sunshine as in a trance. The one picture of the room stood upon an easel, hung with plush of ruddy hue; it was an artist proof engraving @@ -962,7 +921,7 @@ unkindly. "Will you not also join us?"</p> voice that sounded young for so old a face, and yet that held an echo of such hopelessness in its cadences, it haunted Philip's ears unceasingly, and so dulled his senses that Miss James's most brilliant high -æsthetical conversation fell unheeded, while Dick Darling's most daring +æsthetical conversation fell unheeded, while Dick Darling's most daring slang evoked only a passing shudder of disapproval.</p> <p>Miss James shrugged her thin shoulders and voted him a good-looking @@ -1016,7 +975,7 @@ succumbed, and death freed her from her share in life's battle.</p> whose great personal beauty served only as her worst enemy. She was brought up respectably enough, and but for what Lord Byron calls the 'fatal dower,' would doubtless have lived and died in the monotony of a -commonplace existence. Little as you may think it, however, Adèle Lamien +commonplace existence. Little as you may think it, however, Adèle Lamien was possessed of such unusual beauty of face and form, it was impossible for her to pass unnoticed in the rank and file of humanity.</p> @@ -1026,7 +985,7 @@ had ended for her young mother in despair and death. There's an irony in such repetitions that might well repay the study of one interested in the factors of the 'great chance' called life.</p> -<p>"Well, Adèle was wooed and won by a very lofty personage, who, if not of +<p>"Well, Adèle was wooed and won by a very lofty personage, who, if not of the parent imperial rose-tree, could claim close connection with it. Like her mother again, the marriage was a secret one, though in accordance with the ritual of the Catholic Church, to which faith the @@ -1040,7 +999,7 @@ playthings develop intellect and passion.</p> enough to say that a terrible crime was committed—a crime so violent and so fatal that all Petersburg were roused to action, and the imperial blood-hounds let loose to track the perpetrator. It was at this time -that Adèle fled from Russia, and reached England almost by miracle. From +that Adèle fled from Russia, and reached England almost by miracle. From there she hastened to America, haven of all persecuted unfortunates; and in New York she came under my notice. I listened to her story, and, after she had finished its narration, and knowing all against her, and @@ -1075,7 +1034,7 @@ rays.</p> not at all adverse to a mild flirtation with this handsome grave man, whose very presence made her feel her own littleness of mental stature. Unconsciously she dropped her usual heroics, and was prepared to be as -meek and coy as any new-fledged <i>débutante</i>. Unfortunately however, +meek and coy as any new-fledged <i>débutante</i>. Unfortunately however, Philip's mind was not in tune, or she struck the wrong chords, for he failed miserably to be responsive. At length, after a rather awkward little silence, she requested him, a trifle sharply, to fetch her a @@ -1218,7 +1177,7 @@ untoward entrance silenced the music of their voices?</p> <p>"Music of our voices, indeed!" mocked Dick, bringing her shoulders up to her little ears. "You flatter us, Mr. Tremain—at least you flatter -me—the harmonies must have been strangely mixed in that <i>galère</i>; I +me—the harmonies must have been strangely mixed in that <i>galère</i>; I never heard my shrill pipe called anything so fetching before. Speak for yourselves, girls, I am nothing if not honest."</p> @@ -1309,7 +1268,7 @@ she was to have appeared in public the committee were obliged to ask her to resign, she made love in such a vigorous fashion, and charged the <i>jeune premier</i> as though he were a five-barred gate, and over him she would go, willy-nilly. She frightened him terribly, and he refused to go -on with his rôle if Miss Darling continued in hers."</p> +on with his rôle if Miss Darling continued in hers."</p> <p>"Baby dearly loves a sell," remarked Dick, good-naturedly, when the laugh at her expense had subsided; "but she's quite right, I'm quite @@ -1344,7 +1303,7 @@ gave the first preference to <i>The Ladies' Battle</i>, the second to the ever fresh <i>Box and Cox</i>.</p> <p>"Of course you all know I don't act," said Mrs. Newbold, prettily, and -withdrawing gracefully from all contest over the rôles. "<i>I</i> never like +withdrawing gracefully from all contest over the rôles. "<i>I</i> never like anything so much as being wardrobe mistress and prompter, so I shall elect myself into those positions at once, and that clears off one superfluous woman."</p> @@ -1354,16 +1313,16 @@ companions; she put her hands over her ears, and shook her head, until every little golden curl danced again, as she cried, laughingly: "It's no use, I don't hear you, and I'm not to be moved. I have chosen my favourite characters, and I won't give them up. Now then," bringing down -her hands, "let us dispose of the rôles. Baby, you must be Léonie de +her hands, "let us dispose of the rôles. Baby, you must be Léonie de Villegontier, you will look the character to perfection; Rosalie, whose forte though you may not think it, is comedy, shall be Mrs. Bouncer, in -the farce; Jack, will you take De Grignon's rôle? And you, Philip, I +the farce; Jack, will you take De Grignon's rôle? And you, Philip, I know Henri is an old friend in your hands, will you represent him once more?"</p> <p>"And who is to be the Countess, Esther?" asked Miss James, with a little smile. "Are you keeping her part for some special favourite who has not -yet arrived? It's the most important rôle of all, and should be well +yet arrived? It's the most important rôle of all, and should be well taken, or the play will prove terribly flat."</p> <p>"Have no fear, Rose," cried out Dick, forgetful of her vow of silence, @@ -1449,7 +1408,7 @@ her."</p> <p>He had risen as he spoke, and moved about restlessly, stopping half-unconsciously at a table that stood in his path, and fingered -absently the several articles of <i>bric-à-brac</i> upon it.</p> +absently the several articles of <i>bric-à -brac</i> upon it.</p> <p>Esther followed his movements with her eyes, a look of pity and yet triumph on her face. As his voice grew passionate, she dropped the @@ -1723,12 +1682,12 @@ boast of the typical American husband?"</p> <p>To which grim comfort George only replied by lighting a very large and disreputable-looking pipe, and smoking furiously.</p> -<p>Miss James was among those who elected to study <i>à deux</i>, and had +<p>Miss James was among those who elected to study <i>à deux</i>, and had undertaken, in this way, Jack Howard's education, who, much to Baby Leonard's chagrin, had become in some manner, the clever Rosalie's slave. Baby, with tears in her eyes, marked his defalcation from her ranks, and with a feeling of self-pity and wounded vanity, sought -compensation in Freddy Slade, and absorption in her rôle.</p> +compensation in Freddy Slade, and absorption in her rôle.</p> <p>Between Miss James and Dick Darling coolness reigned. These once fast friends were now almost declared enemies, for even Dick's proverbial @@ -1747,7 +1706,7 @@ out to herself that Philip was attracted to her, that he found in her a mind superior to the general run of young ladies, and that consequently he might, in time, come to fully realise and appreciate her abilities, and so, perhaps, would be solved the enigma of her future; for Miss -James was no longer a <i>jeune ingénue</i>, and the thought of continued +James was no longer a <i>jeune ingénue</i>, and the thought of continued single-blessedness troubled her not a little.</p> <p>It was therefore very bitter to be humiliated in his presence, and to @@ -1814,7 +1773,7 @@ her. Nothing loth to escape introductions, he fell into her scheme and made her supremely happy; for they sat a little withdrawn from the general group, and this made Mr. Tremain's position all the more marked. Miss James was never quite content unless what she called Philip's -"attentions" were fully <i>en évidence</i>.</p> +"attentions" were fully <i>en évidence</i>.</p> <p>Dick Darling's bright eyes spied him out presently, and she brought him a cup of tea, handing it to him with a shrug of her shoulders and an @@ -1859,7 +1818,7 @@ Hamlet left out, and no mistake."</p> <p>"Baby is thinking of her grand scene," murmured Miss James aside to Philip. "Her part is nothing without the Countess as a foil."</p> -<p>"Some one might read the lines of her rôle," suggested Freddy Slade, +<p>"Some one might read the lines of her rôle," suggested Freddy Slade, who, as De Grignon, thought very little of any other character. "It won't matter very much if one only gets one's proper cues."</p> @@ -1878,7 +1837,7 @@ Mr. Tremain:</p> <p>"You will have no temptation to draw you from your allegiance to your Baby-ish sweetheart, Mr. Tremain. Mdlle. Lamien can scarcely offer any -counter attractions, as the Countess, to Baby, as Léonie."</p> +counter attractions, as the Countess, to Baby, as Léonie."</p> <p>Then with a quick upward look and the least perceptible halt: "How would it be, I wonder, if our capricious leading lady were here in person?"</p> @@ -1977,7 +1936,7 @@ trick me into such hysteric emotion?"</p> candles were lit in the brackets and sconces, and the room from semi-darkness and mysterious shadows, leapt into vivid, brilliant life. Then came Mrs. Newbold, bringing a touch of this world's goods in her -latest importation of a Wörth gown, full of joyful content and +latest importation of a Wörth gown, full of joyful content and well-being, fastening her gloves and jingling her jewelled bangles, and looking very much surprised to find Mr. Tremain in advance of her.</p> @@ -2009,7 +1968,7 @@ effort to throw life or emotion into her part, and was, indeed, so studiously indifferent, that Mr. Robinson took no trouble to either remonstrate with or contradict her, knowing her to be but a substitute, and feeling perfectly sure of the real impersonator, who had been -trained untiringly by him, and had made her <i>début</i> as his favourite +trained untiringly by him, and had made her <i>début</i> as his favourite pupil.</p> <p>Mdlle. Lamien made it so very apparent that she only appeared in @@ -2192,7 +2151,7 @@ stairs, not once looking back, or replying by a word to his courtesy.</p> he sat moodily in his own room, smoking his cigar, felt a half savage delight in the knowledge that Mdlle. Lamien must appear for it, and respond in a somewhat less chilling and uncomfortable manner to the -requirements demanded by his rôle.</p> +requirements demanded by his rôle.</p> <p>A little before tea-time he heard voices in the corridor outside, which he recognised as Dick Darling's and Baby Leonard's.</p> @@ -2487,7 +2446,7 @@ angry colour that swept across Patricia's face, and for an instant dyed it crimson.</p> <p>Meantime, Mr. Tremain moved quietly back, and stationed himself where, -half-hidden by the heavy falling <i>portières</i>, he could study unseen the +half-hidden by the heavy falling <i>portières</i>, he could study unseen the face and form of the woman on whom for ten long years he had bestowed the greatest love of his life.</p> @@ -2698,7 +2657,7 @@ authorities at Calcutta. That, sir, is one woman's work. On the Continent, again, I could point out to you, in almost every city of importance, a like emissary. In Paris there was the charming Princess Lise Troubetskoi, followed now by that Marquis de —— and his -fascinating wife, whose hotel is the gathering-place of all the <i>élite</i>, +fascinating wife, whose hotel is the gathering-place of all the <i>élite</i>, and whose identity is as strictly unknown now as when first they startled all Paris by the magnificence of their entertainments. At Brussels you will find Madame de M——; at Dresden, the Countess de @@ -2880,7 +2839,7 @@ disenchantment—winter still held captive the great metropolis of Petersburg. But a winter of such dazzling brilliancy, such blue skies, such clear and glittering frost and snow, such floods of sunshine, such ringing out of joyful sleigh-bells, such flashing past of fair women -robed <i>cap-à-pie</i> in costly furs, and such a constant round of gaiety +robed <i>cap-à -pie</i> in costly furs, and such a constant round of gaiety and frivolity, as to rob the ice-king of his usual hardships and terrors.</p> @@ -2892,7 +2851,7 @@ fairest women of the world, at the hourly ebb and flow of the splendid pageant, who could believe, or, believing, realise that not a stone's-throw away, beneath the horrible gloomy walls of Peter's fortress, there languished men and women, equal in birth and position to -those gay <i>flâneurs</i> of the present hour, and who once had flaunted +those gay <i>flâneurs</i> of the present hour, and who once had flaunted their colours as bravely as the best, but who now, owing to the inexorable will of an acknowledged tyrant, wore their hearts away in imprisonment for some political lapse, some inadvertent dereliction, no @@ -2936,7 +2895,7 @@ long and fruitless waiting for deliverance, have become</p> <p>Thus does history but repeat itself, and the story of <i>Ivan Ivanowich</i> is rehearsed again and again, only the actors changing, not the drama, -or the <i>mise-en-scène</i>.</p> +or the <i>mise-en-scène</i>.</p> <p>On one bright and beautiful morning in January, when all the fashionable world of the famous capital were out and abroad, and to all outward @@ -3073,7 +3032,7 @@ necessary?"</p> change of expression or voice; "we have ever found you ready and willing and zealous in our service; indeed, but one reproach can be attributed to you, and that is more an attribute of temperament than a fault; <i>trop -de zèle</i>, Vladimir, <i>trop de zèle</i>, has ruined more than one diplomat, +de zèle</i>, Vladimir, <i>trop de zèle</i>, has ruined more than one diplomat, and frustrated more than one mission."</p> <p>Count Vladimir drew back as if struck an unexpected blow; his eyes @@ -3195,7 +3154,7 @@ tenderest curves of youth.</p> <p>It was but an instant. Then the sleigh had passed by, and was already far down the Nevski Prospekte, while the shouts and cries of "Long live the Tsar! Long live the Little Father!" grew fainter and fainter as the -crowd followed in the wake of the Imperial <i>cortège</i>.</p> +crowd followed in the wake of the Imperial <i>cortège</i>.</p> <p>Count Vladimir started as from a reverie, and unconsciously drew up his tall figure proudly, while his face became haughty and resolved. Well he @@ -3252,7 +3211,7 @@ so far, may it not fail you now."</p> <p>A week later saw Count Vladimir Mellikoff on his way to Paris, <i>en route</i> for the United States, and as he settled himself comfortably in -the <i>salon coupé</i> reserved for him in the <i>train de luxe</i> going +the <i>salon coupé</i> reserved for him in the <i>train de luxe</i> going southward, it was with the memory of Olga's blue eyes looking kindly on him, and Olga's hand resting just a moment longer in his than was necessary for good-bye, and his heart was warm within him, and he smiled @@ -3308,9 +3267,9 @@ breakwaters of monarchical institutions and traditions.</p> of perfunctory ceremonial, the Tsarina—whose nature was as gentle and loving and peaceful as that of her sister, the beloved Princess of England's hopes—shunned the vast State chambers, and held her <i>petites -réunions</i> in a smaller suite of apartments, within which were gathered +réunions</i> in a smaller suite of apartments, within which were gathered every luxury of modern civilisation, and where, when the heavy plush -<i>portières</i> were drawn, the great stoves emitting the heat of a furnace, +<i>portières</i> were drawn, the great stoves emitting the heat of a furnace, and the logs piled high on the low fire-dogs, it was possible to forget the ice and snow without, even as in looking upon the various spoils and souvenirs of every clime and country, from the rich silks and perfumed @@ -3405,7 +3364,7 @@ cursed the fate that trembling in the balance, fell in the favour of the older and more experienced man, and thus shut him out from winning his first spurs in the service of his master.</p> -<p>Ivor Tolskoi was, in many ways, an <i>enfant gâté</i> of his world. He was an +<p>Ivor Tolskoi was, in many ways, an <i>enfant gâté</i> of his world. He was an orphan, and very rich; a ward of the Tsar's, owning large estates in the wild Ural province, which he seldom visited, and serfs whose numbers he had never counted, who were free in name only, and whose sole use in the @@ -3536,7 +3495,7 @@ habitual indifference, and to call forth that half promise, on account of which Vladimir had started on his new mission with such an exulting heart and such visions of glorified future bliss.</p> -<p>There was one <i>habitué</i> of the Court, however, whom Olga often favoured +<p>There was one <i>habitué</i> of the Court, however, whom Olga often favoured with her rare smiles, and in whose company she always appeared frankly content; this was Ivor Tolskoi, in whose fair good looks she took honest pride, and for whom she laid aside something of her haughty, imperious @@ -3554,7 +3513,7 @@ and never dreamed that he was one of the most vigilant and most active members in the secret service of the Chancellerie. Indeed, Ivor Tolskoi's boyish face and youthful laugh seemed incompatible with intrigue and surveillance; and Ivor knew this, and took good care to -play both his rôles with diplomatic <i>finesse</i> and success.</p> +play both his rôles with diplomatic <i>finesse</i> and success.</p> <p>"And so, Ivor," Olga was saying in her clear, cold voice, "you really believe that that wretched woman of the <i>bourgeoisie</i> had a hand in the @@ -3643,7 +3602,7 @@ brusquely; "but I will have my answer. Is it true?"</p> in her voice, then laughing a little. "You deserve to be punished for your temerity. What—since you will have it so, Ivor—what if to oblige you I admit that perhaps when Count Mellikoff returns, if I see my way -to it, and am not too <i>bornée</i> or fatigued, I may—what is the happy +to it, and am not too <i>bornée</i> or fatigued, I may—what is the happy phrase?—bestow my hand upon him. There, you have your answer, sir."</p> <p>She leant back again against the cushions, and scrutinised him through @@ -3693,7 +3652,7 @@ gain, and what you know would be refused me."</p> <p>Then he dropped her hand, and before Olga could recover from her surprise, had passed down the long <i>salon</i>, and through the open -<i>portières</i> into the great corridor that led to the palace court-yard.</p> +<i>portières</i> into the great corridor that led to the palace court-yard.</p> <p>Olga remained for some moments dazed and astonished, trying in vain to reconcile the Ivor of the past with the Ivor of the moment, wondering @@ -3736,7 +3695,7 @@ courtesy.</p> <h3>A WOMAN SCORNED.</h3> -<p>When Count Vladimir Mellikoff drew back the <i>portières</i> that shrouded +<p>When Count Vladimir Mellikoff drew back the <i>portières</i> that shrouded the doors of the large drawing-room at the Folly, he came face to face with Miss Rosalie James, and for a full moment these two gazed at each other in a silence that might have been born either of unexpectedness, @@ -3829,7 +3788,7 @@ only sign of emotion that escaped her.</p> <p>Vladimir turned from her and walked the length of the drawing-room, standing for a moment at the entrance to the conservatory, where lived -the golden-hued Maréchal Niel roses; their pungent yet faint perfume +the golden-hued Maréchal Niel roses; their pungent yet faint perfume permeating the atmosphere, while their heavy heads drooped with the burden of their own loveliness, half hidden in the tender green of their leaves.</p> @@ -3875,7 +3834,7 @@ while its perfume rose and fell with the pulsations of her heart.</p> <p>Vladimir drew a chair opposite to her and sat down, leaning forward with his elbows on his knees, and his keen eyes noting each fluctuating expression of her face, each flutter of the laces above her unquiet -breast, each nervous movement of her hands in their long, loose Suède +breast, each nervous movement of her hands in their long, loose Suède coverings. He had a dangerous game to play, and upon his success or defeat depended his winning or losing Olga. As her name crossed his mind, though not spoken by his lips, he was shaken by a sudden passion @@ -4098,7 +4057,7 @@ sobs and tears.</p> <p>It was late that night before Miss James sought her own room; as she passed out of the drawing-room Count Vladimir held back the heavy -<i>portières</i> with respectful attention, bending his head in salutation as +<i>portières</i> with respectful attention, bending his head in salutation as she went by him.</p> <p>Behind her, on the velvet carpet, lay the strewn petals of a golden-hued @@ -4356,7 +4315,7 @@ my soul, you may miss each time."</p> Miss Dick. I should not have believed so rancorous a spirit dwelt within your breast. To wish to further humiliate a two-thirds vanquished foe!"</p> -<p>"But I don't want to lose my bangle, you see," said Dick, naïvely, at +<p>"But I don't want to lose my bangle, you see," said Dick, naïvely, at which remark both Mr. Tremain and Esther laughed, and the former continued:</p> @@ -4388,7 +4347,7 @@ have branded me for ever in my own eyes!"</p> <p>Then Mrs. Newbold said time was up, and she must go; the <i>Ladies' Battle</i> would be called in five minutes, and she was wanted behind the -scenes; was Mr. Tremain going through with his rôle?</p> +scenes; was Mr. Tremain going through with his rôle?</p> <p>But Philip begged off on account of his still lame wrist which he wore bandaged and in a sling; it would be quite effort enough to act when the @@ -4398,7 +4357,7 @@ to take the Countess d'Autreval's part?</p> <p>"No," replied Esther, fingering her roses a trifle nervously, and looking at him from under her eyelids, "Miss Hildreth has elected to act -her own rôle at the rehearsal, consequently Mdlle. Lamien's services +her own rôle at the rehearsal, consequently Mdlle. Lamien's services will not be required. Ah, Patricia has already left her box, I must go," she added, hastily; and with a hurried gesture she walked towards a side exit, her pale pink draperies sweeping after her, and making a @@ -4466,7 +4425,7 @@ song, and her voice that had an echo of Patty's in its notes.</p> <p>"Oh, no doubt," replied Miss Darling, "she only went away while we were at dinner; I heard the wheels of the dog-cart just as we had eaten our -way up to the <i>suprême de volaille</i>."</p> +way up to the <i>suprême de volaille</i>."</p> <p>"Is she to be gone long?" asked Philip, conscious and yet astonished at the feeling of loss this news created in him.</p> @@ -4486,7 +4445,7 @@ with a grimace.</p> <p>But Mr. Tremain had eyes and thoughts only for the little note, and its dainty, aristocratic heraldry.</p> -<p>"Is she a titled <i>émigrée</i> in disguise?" he asked, pointing to the +<p>"Is she a titled <i>émigrée</i> in disguise?" he asked, pointing to the monogram and coronet; then, with an effort, as he became aware of Miss Darling's surprised looks, and speaking more lightly: "This grows exciting, Miss Dick; who knows?—we may have the elements of a three @@ -4557,7 +4516,7 @@ the still air; the rose silk draperies stirred slightly as a passing breath of soft spring wind floated in from the rose house, bringing a wave of perfume from the golden blossoms over which it had lingered in its passage. The mimic comedy was played out, the actors had abandoned -their rôles; only real life and its human tragedy remained uncompleted, +their rôles; only real life and its human tragedy remained uncompleted, across which none but the Divine hand dare write the word <i>finis</i>.</p> @@ -5031,7 +4990,7 @@ are willing to accept me now, because for some concealed reason of your own, I appear more desirable in your eyes, better worth the having, and so you read me a long monologue on your constancy and love, and my faithlessness and cruelty. But you forget to put in the finer shading to -the picture, Philip; you forget the part <i>you</i> played in our drama <i>à +the picture, Philip; you forget the part <i>you</i> played in our drama <i>à deux</i>; you forget how eagerly you snatched at the freedom I offered; you forget your harsh words, your rough manners, your imperious demands, your impatient flying to conclusions. You wilfully misunderstood me @@ -5079,388 +5038,6 @@ the water's placid dark surface.</p> <p class="center">CHARLES DICKENS AND EVANS, CRYSTAL PALACE PRESS.</p> - - - - - - - -<pre> - - - - - -End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Miss Hildreth, Volume 1 of 3, by -Augusta de Grasse Stevens - -*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK MISS HILDRETH, VOLUME 1 OF 3 *** - -***** This file should be named 40431-h.htm or 40431-h.zip ***** -This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: - http://www.gutenberg.org/4/0/4/3/40431/ - -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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