Wayfaring Men. Lyall Edna
Читать онлайн.| Название | Wayfaring Men |
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| Автор произведения | Lyall Edna |
| Жанр | Языкознание |
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| isbn | 4064066168100 |
Edna Lyall
Wayfaring Men
A Novel
Published by Good Press, 2021
EAN 4064066168100
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I
“So is detached, so left all by itself,
The little life, the fact which means so much.
Shall not God stoop the kindlier to His work,
Now that the hand He trusted to receive,
And hold it, lets the treasure fall perforce?
The better; He shall have in orphanage
His own way all the clearlier.”
R. Browning.
I wonder what will become of Ralph Denmead,” said Lady Tresidder, “it is one of the saddest cases I ever heard of; the poor boy seems to be left without a single relation.”
“Yes,” said Sir John, musingly. “Just the way with these old decayed families, they dwindle slowly away and then become extinct. There was no spirit or energy in poor Denmead, the man was a mere hermit and knew nothing of the world or he wouldn’t have made such a mull of his affairs.”
“Yet Ralph seems to have the energy of ten people,” said Lady Tresidder, glancing as she walked at the river which wound its peaceful way through the park and reflected in the afternoon light the early spring tints of the wooded bank on its further side. At no great distance a boat glided swiftly over the calm water: in the stern sat a dark-haired, handsome girl of nineteen, while the vigorous little rower seemed to be not more than eleven.
“Poor little chap,” said Sir John, “he is terribly cut up about his father’s death. I wish we could have kept him here a few days longer, but it’s better that he should be put at once into his guardian’s hands. There’s no fear that Sir