Pierce Falcon, the Outcast (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1835. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER VI. Will fortune never come with both hands fall. But write her fairest words in foulest letters: Henbt Thi ForiTi Life, and the trivial adventures of existenrf together with the hour and its little chance and changes, are always passing away; butth e indelible characters that are stamped upon the mind, survive pre-eminent beyond their influence, for it is their nature to endure, and onlj when this principle is lost, then and then only they are beheld no more. Thus, two or three weeks had gone by, when we recognise Basil Forde and Moreton of the Grange once aga They were in town, and much amusement and variety of scene had been sought and found by them, but the last dreadful catastrophe waS fresh as ever in the memory of Basil, and not less lasting was the impression upon lu's cm" panion. By Moreton it was regarded as a" untoward event, wherein a being alike admirable and excellent had been irrevocably injured, and perhaps destroyed, though otherwise he considered Basil Forde as implicated by necessity rather than an active agent; as more to be pitied as the victim of misfortune, than blamed for the ill that had ensued from his conduct. He discovered, indeed, that Constance Maravel had been the subject of the quarrel, and as he gave himself credit for some penetration, he was not quite hopeless of yet bringing the two young people to an entire reconciliation. His first efforts were, however, to be directed towards the amelioration of Basil's mental sufferings and of his melancholy; and thus he favoured any design, thht by offering employment or recreation, might further his desired purposes. It was therefore with pleasure rather than otherwise, that he now learnt the determination of Lord Lesley to see his son, for he knew enough of that nobleman ...