Wild digital books

Besides, you know what is said of their expedience as
far as horses are concerned."
"I would sacrifice the breed of horses to prevent the evils," said
Julius.
"_You_ would, but--My boy, I suppose this is the right view for a
clergyman, but it will never do to force it here. You will lose all
influence if you are over-strained."
"Was St. Chrysostom over-strained about the hippodrome?" said
Julius, thoughtfully.
Mrs. Poynsett looked at him as he leant upon the chimney-piece.
Here was another son gone, in a different way, beyond her reach.
She had seen comparatively little of him since his University days;
and though always a good and conscientious person, there had been
nothing to draw her out of secular modes of thought; nor had she any
connection with the clerical world, so that she had not, as it were,
gone along with the tone of mind that she had perceived in him.
He did not return to the subject, and they were soon joined by his
elder brother. At the first opportunity after dinner, Frank got
Rosamond up into a corner with a would-be indifferent "So you met
Miss Vivian.


Pages:
49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73