Too Strange Not to Be True; A Tale - In Two Volumes Volume 1 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1864 edition. Excerpt: ... None. Then why---why must you go? What has been my fault? Cannot you forget my rash words? Cannot you rely on my promise never again----- Oh, M. d Auban it is not your fault that I must go. It was not your fault that I heard you say what I can never forget. Mine has been the fault. Would that the suffering might be mine alone; because your sympathy at first, and then as time went on your friendship, was precious to me; because I thought only of myself, and of the consolation I found in your society, sorrow has come upon us both. Nay, I will add one word more. Before I became a Catholic it did not seem to me quite impossible.... my ideas were different from what they now are.... I did not consider myself absolutely bound.... Now, you see, there remains nothing for us but to part. Why should you think so? Why not let me work for you--watch over you?... You can trust me. ' ' A deep blush rose in her cheek, as she quickly answered, But I cannot--I ought not to trust myself. A strange feeling of mingled pain and joy thrilled through his heart, for he now felt that his affection was returned; but he also saw that what she had said was true--that they must part. Another silence ensued; then, with a despairing resignation, he asked, And where can you go? To _Canada, she answered. Father Maret will recommend me to the Bishop of Montreal and to some French ladies there. Will you sell this property? No; not if you will manage it for me. Yes, I will; and the day may come when you will revisit it. Perhaps so, she said, with a mournful smile-- when we are both very...