Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1838 Excerpt: ... that Lady Hungerford could say her "one word" to Geraldine, her other guests having claimed her attention at the time appointed for the private communication. In the mean time, the younger party rode during the fine part of the day, and on their return, while Geraldine was sitting with Lady Winefride in the drawing-room, and hearing, to her regret, that the latter had arranged to return to her cottage at Burnleigh, on the following day, Lord Hungerford entered, bringing with him a letter from General Carrington. "Oh! this is joy!" cried Geraldine, kissing the well-known writing. "Yes!" said Lord Hungerford, "and therefore I came to see that joy, more than to hear of the General, for I had my own letter." "It is four months since I last heard," said Geraldine, as she opened the letter, and for a while read silently. At length she smiled, and said, "What spirits he is in! all hope, all ardour, in what he thinks the just and legitimate cause." "Ah! confound legitimacy!" cried the Whig lord. "And so Don Carlos is getting on?" "Here is the letter, my lord," said Geraldine; "perhaps it is of later date than your own:" and she handed it to him, after she had taken off the seal, which she kissed, and placed in her bosom. Lady Winefride smiled. "I see that you are a lover of relics," said she; "and the knowledge that your father's hand has pressed that seal, endears it to you, especially as you have parted from the letter." "Can I make an extract from this part of the General's account?" said Lord Hungerford, pointing to what he referred. "Certainly," replied Geraldine; and the earl withdrew to his study, when Geraldine, seizin...
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