A Fair Barbarian |
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Author:
| Burnett, Frances Hodgson |
ISBN: | 978-1-7171-9326-1 |
Publication Date: | Apr 2018 |
Publisher: | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $12.99 |
Book Description:
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It may as well be explained, however, at the outset, that it would nottake much of a sensation to give Slowbridge a great shock. In the firstplace, Slowbridge was not used to sensations, and was used to going onthe even and respectable tenor of its way, regarding the outside worldwith private distrust, if not with open disfavor. The new mills had beena trial to Slowbridge,--a sore trial. On being told of the owners' planof building them, old Lady Theobald, who was the corner-stone of...
More DescriptionIt may as well be explained, however, at the outset, that it would nottake much of a sensation to give Slowbridge a great shock. In the firstplace, Slowbridge was not used to sensations, and was used to going onthe even and respectable tenor of its way, regarding the outside worldwith private distrust, if not with open disfavor. The new mills had beena trial to Slowbridge,--a sore trial. On being told of the owners' planof building them, old Lady Theobald, who was the corner-stone of thesocial edifice of Slowbridge, was said, by a spectator, to have turneddeathly pale with rage; and, on the first day of their being opened inworking order, she had taken to her bed, and remained shut up in herdarkened room for a week, refusing to see anybody, and even going so faras to send a scathing message to the curate of St. James, who called infear and trembling, because he was afraid to stay away.