Colonel Dacre, by the Author of 'Caste' (Paperback)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: 33 CHAPTER III. " WHAT DOES IT MEAN?" " Cet homme juste avait on caractre timide en dsaccord avec sa forte constitution, mais il ne manquait point de la persistance des hommes du Nord. S'il entrevoyait toutes les difficults, il se promettait des les vaincre sans se rebuter; et, s'il avait la fermet d'une vertu vraiment apostolique, il la temperait par les gr[ces d'une inpuisable indulgence." A LICE looked anxiously at the win- ---- dows as they drew up at Heather- stone without seeing anything of Colonel Dacre. " Lonel must be out," she said. She did not seem thoroughly convinced of this, however, but was in haste to look VOL. II. D for him. She stepped from the carriage before Julian could help her, as soon as a groom was at the ponies' heads, and flitted out of sight; he did not exactly know where she had gone, he did not attempt to follow her. She had gone to the library, where, if he was at home, she expected to find Colonel Dacre. He was there, sitting with his back to the glass door, which still, stood open?for the evening was warm? and through which she entered the room. He had been writing; she saw a little pile of letters ready for the post. He was doing nothing just then. His arms were on the table, his head was resting on his hands. He was stooping forwards. It struck Alice that his attitude was one of dejection?that the room looked chill and gloomy, and he solitary and sad. Alice moved softly to his side, she put ahand upon his arm, and knelt down by his chair. " You, Alice ! Home again already, my darling!" His arm thrown round her gathered her to him, and for a moment he rested his cheek upon her head. " I didn't hear the carriage. The roads are soft after the rain." But Alice withdrew her head that she might look at him. ...