Author : Emmett Campbell Hall
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ISBN 13 : 9781330548172
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (481 download)
Book Synopsis The Beloved Adventurer (Classic Reprint) by : Emmett Campbell Hall
Download or read book The Beloved Adventurer (Classic Reprint) written by Emmett Campbell Hall and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-01 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Beloved Adventurer Of all the men of England, to Lord Weston alone had it been given to put aside the veil of formally courteous but wearily cynical indifference with which Lord Cecil hid his true self from a world that would not have understood or would have scoffed. Wherefore between them was an awkward but sincere friendship, and each, with that horror of emotional demonstration which is typical of their breed, and which is quaintly like the self-conscious and shrinking reserve of a boy in his teens, hid his affection for the other. It was only when Lord Weston, as he did at infrequent intervals, ran down to Croftlaigh for an idle day that their reserve was to some extent melted, and their tongues were silent or loosened with casual speech as the mood impelled. To Cecil, who despite the coaxing of calculating mothers of no less shrewd young ladies of wealth and station, had completely withdrawn from fashion able society, Weston's gossip was a refreshing relief from the somberness of his own thoughts. Lord Weston's acquaintance was as vast as it was catholic, ranging all the way from the highest dignitaries of the Church to the latest hopeful bruisers from the collieries, and from Princesses of the Blood to Princesses of the Gayety Chorus. Anything occurring in his world, to be outside his knowledge, must have happened within the last two minutes, if one might judge by his careless revelations. How he maintained his position on practically nothing a year passed comprehension. The two men were strolling along the stream which marked the boundary of Croftlaigh, and Lord Weston nodded toward the roof of a handsome villa which rose above the tree tops on the opposite bank. 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.
