The Small House at AllingtonOxford University Press, 1981 - Всего страниц: 674 Lily Dale is sublimely happy when she becomes engaged to Adolphus Crosbie, assistant secretary in a government agency. Lily is the niece of Squire Dale, an embittered old bachelor fixedly stuck in the "Great House" at Allington. Crosbie spends a weekend away from Lily, and becomes attracted to Lady Alexandrina De Courcy, Who is from a noble Family. He asks for her hand in marriage, jilting he former love, Lily. John Eames, a young government clerk, has loved Lily Dale for years. He tries to get Lily to notice him after she gets jilted, but she still loves Crosbie, and maintains her love for him despite his treachery. Crosbie, however, soon finds that his noble bride brings no money into the marriage, but continues to spend it as though she had. His "noble"marriage is a debacle from start to finish. All Lily's friends urge her toward Eames, but Lily stubbornly clings to her hopeless love. |
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... Guestwick , and again dismounted at Mrs. Eames's door . CHAPTER XIII A VISIT TO GUESTWICK As the party from Allington rode up the narrow High - street of Guestwick , and across the market - square towards the small , respectable , but ...
... Guestwick , and again dismounted at Mrs. Eames's door . CHAPTER XIII A VISIT TO GUESTWICK As the party from Allington rode up the narrow High - street of Guestwick , and across the market - square towards the small , respectable , but ...
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... Guestwick . What would his mother say when she heard of Amelia Roper ? What would she say when she saw her ? He walked away towards the Manor , so that he might roam about the Guestwick woods in solitude . There was a path with a stile ...
... Guestwick . What would his mother say when she heard of Amelia Roper ? What would she say when she saw her ? He walked away towards the Manor , so that he might roam about the Guestwick woods in solitude . There was a path with a stile ...
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... Guestwick . At Allington they had been county people , - raised to a level with their own squire and other squires by the circum- stance of their residence ; but at Guestwick they would be small even among the people of the town . They ...
... Guestwick . At Allington they had been county people , - raised to a level with their own squire and other squires by the circum- stance of their residence ; but at Guestwick they would be small even among the people of the town . They ...
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