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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. 1897 Excerpt: ...smile parted the pale lips. Mr. Hoyt asked in his friendly way: "Your sister comes to-morrow. Miss Linnet?" Helen did not answer, and it was not until the question had been repeated several times that she roused herself from her deep dreaming. "Yes, to-morrow. ' Mr. Hoyt looked at her in quick pity. She had planned for that visit so long and patiently. She must be ill, indeed. Helen knew she was not ill. She had been living in a beautiful world of her own until the events of everyday life had become unreal to her. She had never been like other girls. Whatever she fancied had had, for the time, all the force of reality, and this imaginative power had grown beyond her control. Her thoughts and creations swayed her against her will. It was as if she had roused some giant from his slumber in the hope of finding comfort and health, HER THOUGHTS SWAYED HER. The days that lie behind me, oh I days of joy were they, But the days that stretch before me are desolate and gray. Oh, Father, give me courage and strength to live and cheer. And day by day appoint to me my task, this weary year. and he had made her his powerless slave. She was utterly helpless in his grasp. Sometimes she realized with terrible distinctness her awful danger, and tried with the desperation of despair to escape from the peril which came nearer and nearer every day. More often the knowledge simply numbed her, and she sought relief in some more extravagant fantasy or wilder dream. She was very sad that evening. A day of unusual exaltation had been succeeded by its natural reaction. She had a vague consciousness that she was regarded with surprise among the other boarders. When Breece came the next morning she found Helen sitting by the old North Rock, gazing wistfully out over the ...
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- PublisherRarebooksclub.com
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 1236120604
- ISBN 13 9781236120601
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages136
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