Ward, Mrs. Humphry, 1851-1920 / 2008-07-20 00:00:00

EBOOK THE STORY OF BESSIE COSTRELL. ***


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THE WRITINGS OF
MRS HUMPHRY WARD

FENWICK'S CAREER
AND
THE STORY OF BESSIE COSTRELL


[Illustration: [[Latin inscription: TOVT BIEN OV BIEN]]]

BOSTON AND NEW YORK
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
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COPYRIGHT, 1895, 1905, 1906, BY MRS. HUMPHRY WARD
COPYRIGHT, 1910, BY HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY



THE
STORY OF BESSIE COSTRELL


SCENE I
It was an August evening, still and cloudy after a day unusually chilly
for the time of year. Now, about sunset, the temperature was warmer than
it had been in the morning, and the departing sun was forcing its way
through the clouds, breaking up their level masses into delicate
latticework of golds and greys. The last radiant light was on the
wheat-fields under the hill, and on the long chalk hill itself. Against
that glowing background lay the village, already engulfed by the
advancing shadow. All the nearer trees, which the daylight had mingled
in one green monotony, stood out sharp and distinct, each in its own
plane, against the hill. Each natural object seemed to gain a new
accent, a more individual beauty, from the vanishing and yet lingering
sunlight.
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