True to Herself Volume 1 (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. 1870 Excerpt: ...John Garth now?" he said. "I shall talk of him if I like," was the reply, but more subdued and wavering. "Talk of him as the man who saved my life, then--who sacrificed much for me, and thought not of himself in any way when I lay ill in Paris." "Where is lie now--with you?" asked Paulo, suspiciously. "He is abroad with his daughter." Paulo chuckled softly to himself at this reply. He knew better, but he did not care to enlighten his son as to the visit of Colonel Garth to Wolston. He sat with his shoulders above his ears, considering the position, until Antonio said--"You wished to know if I were poor. At present I do not obtain large prices for my works." "You'll fail, and there'll be an end of any price at all," remarked his father; "and then you'll lose that patience of yours, and go wrong again. I know it--I have given way scores of times--and you may be as bad as I before you die." "I trust not," said his son. "Not that I have been very bad--or that people have not made the worst of my little failings," said Paulo, quickly; "as people always do who have time to take away other people's characters. Do you mind mixing me some brandy and water, Tony? I have not had a drop all day, and the doctor will scold me for neglecting it. I have been talking too much, I think." He felt his heart, with which he was far from satisfied, and then tore with both hands at the breastlining of his coat. Antonio did not mix him his brandy and water, remembering the dialogue between his father and stepmother before the latter had VOL. III. K withdrawn. Paulo did not press the question; his bushy eyebrows lowered over his restless eyes until he resumed the subject which ha...