Books with title The Vow of the Peacock

Aubrey Harrington just wants to get the community service hours she needs to graduate from high school. She never thought that taking the volunteer tour guide job at the local mansion would change her life forever. When she falls – or is pushed – down a flight of stairs, Maeve Somerton gives her a hand up, but the help comes with a price. Maeve thinks she was murdered, and now Aubrey must help her. Spiraling back in time, Aubrey feigns being Maeve’s school chum to try to solve a mystery among strangers. Meanwhile, Aubrey also lays comatose in a hospital, and as her condition worsens, her family and friends wonder if she will ever come back to them. Caught in a twist of time and existence, Aubrey finds herself more ghost than alive in a world in which she was never meant to be. Will Aubrey be able to solve the mystery of Maeve’s death? And even if she does, will she be able to find her way back home?

Aubrey Harrington just wants to get the community service hours she needs to graduate from high school. She never thought that taking the volunteer tour guide job at the local mansion would change her life forever. When she falls – or is pushed – down a flight of stairs, Maeve Somerton gives her a hand up, but the help comes with a price. Maeve thinks she was murdered, and now Aubrey must help her. Spiraling back in time, Aubrey feigns being Maeve’s school chum to try to solve a mystery among strangers. Meanwhile, Aubrey also lays comatose in a hospital, and as her condition worsens, her family and friends wonder if she will ever come back to them. Caught in a twist of time and existence, Aubrey finds herself more ghost than alive in a world in which she was never meant to be. Will Aubrey be able to solve the mystery of Maeve’s death? And even if she does, will she be able to find her way back home?

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1835 Excerpt: ...with her voice her lone guitar. It pleased her for a while:--it soothes the soul To pour its thoughts in melancholy words; And if aught can charm sorrow, music can. The song she chose was one her youth had loved, Ere yet she knew the bitterness of grief, But thought tears luxury:--Oh take that starry wreath away, Fling not those roses o'er my lute! The brow that thou wouldst crown is pale, The chords thou wouldst awaken mute. Look on those broken gems that lie Beside those flowers, withering there; Those leaves were blooming round my lute, Those gems were bright amid my hair. i And they may be a sign to tell i Of all the ruin love will make: He comes in beauty, and then leaves The hope to fade, the heart to break! The song died in low sobs. "I ever felt That it would come to this,--that I should be Forsaken and forgotten! I would give Life, more than life, those precious memories Of happiness and Fernand! I'd forget That I have been beloved, all I have known Of rapture, all the dreams that long have been My sole existence, but to feel again As I felt ere I loved--ere I had given My every hope as passion's sacrifice." Her face was hidden in her hands; but tears Trickled through her slight fingers--tears, those late Vain tributes to remorse! At length she rose, And paced with eager steps her scented bower, Then trimmed her lamp, and gathered flowers and leaves, Twined them in wreaths, and placed them gracefully; Then felt the vanity of all her care, And scattered them around. The morning broke, And hastily she left the shade, to hide From all her anxious heart--her misery! That day she knew her fate--heard that Fernand Was now betrothed to the high-born Blanche. Hermione wept not, although her heart Swelled nigh to bursting; but she hid her thoughts...

Excerpt from The Vow of the Peacock and Other PoemsThe fact of a lady in distress applying to some renowned knight for assistance, belongs as much to the history of chivalry as to its romance. Vows on the heron, the phea sant, and the peacock, to do some deed' of arms, were com mon in the olden time. My story, founded on this picturesque custom, is entirely fanciful, though its scenes and manners are strictly historical.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.

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