Love of Sisters (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.1902 Excerpt: ... EPILOGUE. THE CASTLE BEAUTIFUL. Castle O'KELLY was a gift to Aunt Yin from Phil, giving back with one hand what she took with the other; but a new Castle O'Kelly, new-roofed, newglazed, the floors mended, the walls papered where they needed it, a house no longer tottering to ruins, but safe against the rains and storms of many winters, the suns of many summers. That her aunt's, will might be fulfilled, Phil still kept the ownership of the place in her own hands. She had a wing of the house fitted for herself, so that youth might yet be within the four walls of Castle O'Kelly. The plan had been kept a close secret from Miss Fin and the old ladies. During the winter following their marriages, Mrs. Lismore and Mrs. Vanhomrigh, established at Aclare Lodge, where their husbands did not grumble, since in that western country there was practically no winter and excellent hunting to boot--devoted themselves to the preparation of Castle O'Kelly for its new inmates. To Colombe, as by right, fell the aesthetic part of the undertaking. When Phil had made the place sound, Colombe stepped in to adorn it, and supply what furniture was needed, which was not very much, since the old ladies would bring their household gods with them, in addition to the possessions of Castle O'Kelly. Colombe delighted in preserving the purity and austerity of the place. She boasted that almost any one but herself would have spoilt it. When she had done with it, it kept indeed its old delicate air of faded refinement, and yet was comfortable for the needs of old folk. That was a delightful moment when Colombe unpacked some mysterious cases, mysterious even to Phil, and displayed the things which had been sold by private treaty a few months before at Mrs. Lloyd's Home. "After all," said Phil to...