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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... cousin to second cousin , the sceptre had descended in the family of the Dales ; and the acres had remained intact , growing in value and not decreasing in number , though guarded by no entail * and protected by no wonderful amount of ...
... cousin to second cousin , the sceptre had descended in the family of the Dales ; and the acres had remained intact , growing in value and not decreasing in number , though guarded by no entail * and protected by no wonderful amount of ...
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... cousin within his own . But she contrived to keep her hands locked together , so that he merely held her gently by the wrist . ' I don't quite understand , Bernard , ' she said , after a minute's pause . ' Shall we be more than cousins ...
... cousin within his own . But she contrived to keep her hands locked together , so that he merely held her gently by the wrist . ' I don't quite understand , Bernard , ' she said , after a minute's pause . ' Shall we be more than cousins ...
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... cousin , and , as regarded the absolute bodily risk , he would not have felt any insuperable objection to undertake the task . But such a piece of work was disagreeable to him in many ways . He hated the idea of a row at his club . He ...
... cousin , and , as regarded the absolute bodily risk , he would not have felt any insuperable objection to undertake the task . But such a piece of work was disagreeable to him in many ways . He hated the idea of a row at his club . He ...
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