The Sunny Side of the Hill (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. 1908 Excerpt: ...the most of our time." And Maureen was right. The weather had been unusually kind. Every day there was sunshine, but the sea breezes tempered the heat. Daniel Brydon spent all his mornings on the golf links, and either Colonel Darcy, the rector, or Henry Torrance joined him. Every day the little omnibus conveyed them to St. Quintin, and brought them back to a late luncheon. Sometimes Margaret accompanied them, and then they all sat on the links and watched the game. Margaret, who played a little, but was terribly out of practice, could not be induced to join them; but she followed the players with unabating interest. On other mornings the girls sat on the beach with their work and books; but neither of them read much, there was so much to say--so many little details which could not be told in letters: the state of the family wardrobe; Ninian's last escapade; Lois's improved health, and the advent of the new curate, --all these subjects had to be thoroughly discussed and ventilated. The last item of intelligence interested Maureen most. "He has really come, then " she exclaimed. "I quite thought that Mr. Reynolds meant to wait until Christmas." "He told mother that the work was too much for him to carry on any longer single-handed," returned Irene. "He has been looking sadly fagged since the warm weather set in. Mr. Walton preached at the evening service last Sunday. I think we shall like him. He has a nice voice, and seemed very much in earnest." "Have any of you spoken to him?" "Yes; father and mother. They had supper at the Vicarage, and mother seemed much pleased with him. She says that he is unmistakably a gentleman, and very pleasant in his manner. Mrs. Reynolds told her that his mother is very...