The Wild Huntress |
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Author:
| Mayne Reid, Mayne |
ISBN: | 978-1-9811-1218-0 |
Publication Date: | Nov 2017 |
Publisher: | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $11.30 |
Book Description:
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Excerpthave never met a bear, but I'd just like to try one.""Dear sister, you frighten me. Oh, do not think of such a thing! Indeed, Marian, I am never happy when you are away in the woods. I am always afraid of your meeting with some great wild beast, which may devour you. Tell me, why do you go? I am sure I cannot see what pleasure you can have in wandering through the woods alone.""Alone! Perhaps I am not always alone."These words are uttered in a low voice--not loud enough for...
More DescriptionExcerpthave never met a bear, but I'd just like to try one.""Dear sister, you frighten me. Oh, do not think of such a thing! Indeed, Marian, I am never happy when you are away in the woods. I am always afraid of your meeting with some great wild beast, which may devour you. Tell me, why do you go? I am sure I cannot see what pleasure you can have in wandering through the woods alone.""Alone! Perhaps I am not always alone."These words are uttered in a low voice--not loud enough for Lilian to hear, though she observes the smile that accompanies them."You see, sister Lil," continues Marian in a louder tone our tastes differ. You are young, and like better to read the story-books your mother left you, and look at the pictures in them. My mother left me no story-books, nor pictures. She had none; and did not care for them, I fancy. She was half-Indian, you know; and I suppose I am like her: for I too, prefer realities to pictures. I love to roam about the woods; and as for the dan