Truth Stranger Than Fiction; A Narrative of Recent Transactions, Involving Inquiries in Regard to the Principles of Honor, Truth, and Justice, Which Obtain in a Distinguished American University (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.1850 Excerpt: ... CHAPTER VIII. THE DENOUEMENT. It is now important to detail the manner in which the affair became a matter of public notoriety, and finally, of ecclesiastical investigation. It has been shown how it came about, that the writer, in her visits to the three cities where the lady in question was widely acquainted, maintained the fact of an engagement, and gave such reasons for believing it, as authorized her friends to claim that it came from the lady's own admission. Indeed, there was nothing else to be said, except to confess that she had been carrying on a most flagrant and dishonorable flirtation. On the return of Miss D. from the watering-place to her family and friends, she was, of course, placed in a most painful and embarrassing position. She resolved to meet the difficulty by entire silence. She gave no explanations, and made no complaints, even to her nearest family friends. Meantime, the story of her engagement, originating from her allowing such marked and exclusive attentions in so conspicuous a situation, and still more from the representations of the writer, apparently authorized by the lady herself, came to the knowledge of Mr. A.'s intimate associates. They at once denied the truth of that report, and immediately after this, stories, extremely disreputable to the lady, began to be circulated in N. (the place of her residence) on the authority of one of these gentlemen. Professor R., a near relative and friend of the lady, hearing these disgraceful representations, proceeding from Mr. A.'s most intimate friends, and supposing that she still retained her confidence in him; thought it necessary to give her some intimation which might serve to put her on her guard against him. This intimation, however, was lost upon her. She supposed it to refer me...