Redgauntlet. by the Author of 'Waverley'. (1824) (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: " A lovely lutis to a friar came, To confession a-morning early: ? ' In what, my dear, are you to blame ? Come tell me most sincerely ?' ' Alas ! my fault I dare not name? But my lad he loved me dearly.'" " Holy Virgin !" exclaimed Miss Seraphina, as the unhallowed sounds reached her ears; " what profane heathens be these men, and what frights and pinches we be put to among them ! The saints be good to us, what a night has this been!?the like never seen at Fairladies.?Help me to make fast the gate, Richard, and thou shah come down again to wait on it, lest there come more unwelcome visitors?Not that you are unwelcome, young gentleman, for it is sufficient that you need such assistance as we can give you, to make you welcome to Fairladies?only, another time would have done as well?but, hem ! I dare say it is all for the best. The avenue is none of the smoothest, sir, look to your feet. Richard Gardener should have had it mown and levelled, but he was obliged to go on a pilgrimage to Saint Winfred's Well, in Wales."? (Here Dick gave a short dry cough, which, asif he had found it betrayed some internal feeling a little at variance with what the Jady said, he converted into a muttered, Sancta Winifreda, ora pro twins. Miss Arthuret, meantime, proceeded)?" We never interfere with our servants' vows or penances, Master Fairford?I know a very worthy father of your name, perhaps a relation?I say, we never interfere with our servants' vows. Our Lady forbid they should not know some difference between our service and a heretic's.?Take care, sir, you will fall if you have not a care. Alas ! by night and day there are many stumbling-blocks in our paths !" With more talk to the same purpose, all of which tended to shew a charitable, and somewhat silly woman, with a strong inclin...