A Storm Rent Sky Scenes Of Love And Revolution

Author : Matilda Betham-Edwards
Publisher : Rarebooksclub.com
ISBN 13 : 9781230083278
Total Pages : 74 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (832 download)

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Download or read book A Storm-Rent Sky; Scenes of Love and Revolution written by Matilda Betham-Edwards and published by Rarebooksclub.com. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1898 edition. Excerpt: ...garter. "The odd figure you make! Excuse me, dear father," Regine said, leaning forward to kiss his hand and peer into his lap-full. "What in the name of all the saints have you there?" The old priest, resting on the edge of the bed, proudly held up a magnificent potato. "You may well stare, dear women, all of you," he replied. "These delicate vegetables--indigenous to Chili and Peru, and for the discovery of which we are indebted to heretics over the water--are of my own growing, among the first reared in Champagne." "And are we going to feast on them this very night, dear father?" asked Regine. The little lady had two weaknesses: she was just a trifle epicurean, and she delighted in any kind of diversion, especially games of hazard. "That depends," said the priest, putting back his potato and screwing up the ends of his skirt. "That depends upon good behaviour." He dropped his voice almost to a whisper. "Is it for poor defenceless lambs to fly at the wolf? Come, come, my dear little lady, reserve your--your temper----" "Temper, do you call it?" Regine was again on the point of vehement outburst, but Father Floryet knew how to deal with feminine waywardness. "As you please, madame, --I mean, citizen--exactly as you please. Pout, sulk, to your heart's content, vituperate like a fish-wife, disobey orders, no absolution to-morrow. And, remember, orthodox priests are not as thick as blackberries just now----ahem--in the place you come from, in the place you are going to, if ever you get back again, I should not like one of my flock to go unabsolved for years, who knows, to the grave." "What am I to...