Blanche Seymour A Novel

Author : Author of Erma's Engagement
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ISBN 13 : 9781330000519
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Blanche Seymour written by Author of Erma's Engagement and published by . This book was released on 2015-06-02 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Blanche Seymour: A Novel "Mary, you're asleep!" exclaimed Mr. Radclyffe, who, having woke himself by his own snoring, felt it due to his dignity as a husband to find fault with his wife for what he had just done himself. "How can you say so, Charles?" retorted Mrs. Radclyffe, who, however, had been awoke by that same snore. "I'm not thinking of being asleep. On the contrary, I've been thinking, as I sat here in my comfortable chair, in this charming room, by this nice fire, how sad it is for those poor Seymours having to leave their beautiful place and go and live in a nasty, poky house in London." "Upon my word, so it is! I suppose the poor devils have hardly anything to live on?" "Very little; the mother has two hundred a year, I think, which the creditors can't touch, and that with whatever Ralph earns, is all they have." "Humph! I don't much fancy that Mr. Ralph. A selfish dog! all he gets he'll keep for himself. I hate that fellow!" Mr. Radclyffe hated most people. It was a way he had. "I can't think why you hate poor Ralph; he's very clever and has done well hitherto." "So's the devil clever! and I don't know what you call doing well! He was put into the army and, forsooth, found idleness didn't agree with him. Snob! as if a man can want a better profession than holding her Majesty's commission! Then he took to farming, and gave that up. And now, what does he mean to do? Live on his mother, I should think." "No; they've got him some appointment in a Government Office; - not much money, I'm afraid, though: and he writes for the papers, I fancy." "Precious stuff he must write! Fancy reading bosh written by a snob like that! How many girls are there?" "Two - Mabel and Blanche. To tell you the truth, Charles, I was thinking how it would be if we asked one of them to come and stay here for a little while. It would be a real kindness." "Well, do, my dear. Which will you have?" "Well, I should like to have Blanche - " "Is she the handsome one? don't have an ugly woman, for Heaven's sake! I hate ugly women." "But Blanche isn't ugly; she's very pretty, only not quite so handsome as Mabel, and I should like her to come, as I think Leila is fond of her. In fact, one reason I thought of asking her was on Leila's account. You see, now that Miss Young is gone, she has no companion, and it's very dull for her, poor dear child! and Blanche Seymour is such a nice, sensible girl, it would be pleasant to have her, and a kindness to poor Fanny Seymour." The Fanny Seymour in question was a distant cousin of both Mr. and Mrs. Radclyffe, who had just been left a widow with three children - a son and two daughters. During the last years of his life the deceased Mr. Seymour had speculated largely, and with the usual success that attends country gentlemen who enter on such courses. On his affairs being looked into it was found that he was deeply involved, and everything had to be sold to satisfy the numerous claims. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.