Ivors (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

E. M. Sewell

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0484509012 ISBN 13: 9780484509015

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Excerpt from Ivors

A very habitable room, was the common expression used in describing the library at Ivors. Though low, it was bright and sunny. A large modern window at one end fronted the south and opened upon a flower-garden, brilliant in summer with the gorgeous colouring which nothing but nature can give Lady Augusta's window also, though dark ened by heavier mullions, admitted the full rays of the morning sun, and gave lovely glimpses of rich foliage and pleasant country lying beyond the circle of the park. If beguiled by the love of reverie, one might have sat for hours on the cushioned window-seat, forming romances out of the vistas of deep glades, and the occasional openings amongst the trees into the working world beyond - its cottages, and Spires, and the smoke of a distant town. But reverie was not the habit of mind most cherished by Lady Augusta Clare. Now, as she sat writing, with her face turned from the window, it would have seemed, from the expression of her countenance, its eager, restless look, that she could have no leisure even for quiet admiration, much less for reverie. Lady Augusta's appearance was very striking. Her counte nance was handsome; the forehead high, and open; the eye dark, quick, and glittering; the mouth perhaps rather large, but showing beautifully even teeth: her figure was tall, her attitude graceful, her dress perfect in its tasteful simplicity. Why was it that the eye rested upon her with only a doubt ful pleasure?

She finished her letter, pushed it aside, and, rising slowly, advanced into the centre of the room.

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