Ruth Garnett An Historical Tale

Author : Ruth Garnett
Publisher : General Books
ISBN 13 : 9781458966896
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (668 download)

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Download or read book Ruth Garnett written by Ruth Garnett and published by General Books. This book was released on 2012-02 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III. After the departure of Ellen Godfrey, Hubert and his sister took a stroll, both in melancholy mood, through the meadows, and into a wood that' skirted them, whkh was the usual and favourite haunt of the former. Ruth had been affectionately enlarging on the perfections of her friend? her warmth of heart, her sweetness of temper, and bright and cultivated intellect, which last was' perhaps not the less appreciated by the pretty Puritan, that the Belle Lettres, and what they considered idle accomplishments of all kinds, were forbidden by the rigid strictness of the sect to which they belonged. Hubert listened almost in silence; yet the few words he uttered, gave evidence how fully he coincided in his sister's opinion of tier friend. '-, They had strolled insensibly to a good distance from their own dwelling, and Ruth at length feeling somewhat fatigued, they seated themselves upon the trunk of a tree that had lately given employment to the axe of the woodman. It was in the thickest and most sheltered part of the wood, surrounded also by luxuriant underwood, that had their purpose been concealment, would have effectually hidden them from the view of any chance passers by. They had been seated some time, and had ceased to speak either on the theme evidently so pleasant to both, or on any other, when they became sensible of the approach of some persons, rendered invisible by the leafy screen that surrounded them. The intruders were evidently close at hand, and the brother and sister must have been wrapped in deep meditation not to have become sooner aware of their vicinity. The first words that fell on the ears of the unseen listeners were uttered by a voice that Ruth felt certain she had lately heard, though where, and under what circumstances, she was totally un...