Charles Reade
Love Me Little Love Me Long
Paperback
(Forgotten Books June 4, 2015)
Excerpt from Love Me Little Love Me Long
Nearly a quarter of a century ago, Lucy Fountain, a young lady of beauty and distinction, was by the death of her mother, her sole surviving parent, left in the hands of her two trustees, Edward Fountain, Esq. of Font Abbey, and Mr. Bazalgette, a merchant, whose wife was Mrs. Fountain's half sister.
They agreed to lighten the burden by dividing it. She should spend half the year with each trustee in turn, until marriage should take her off their hands.
Our mild tale begins in Mr. Bazalgette's house two years after the date of that arrangement.
The chit-chat must be your main clue to the characters. In life it is the same. Men and women won't come to you ticketed, or explanation in hand.
"Lucy, you are a great comfort in a house: it is so nice to have some one to pour out one's heart to; my husband is no use at all."
"Aunt Bazalgette!"
"In that way. You listen to my faded illusions, to the aspirations of a nature too finely organised, ah! to find its happiness in this rough selfish world - when I open my bosom to him, what does he do? guess now - whistles."
"Then I call that rude."
"So do I, and then he whistles more and more."
"Yes; but, aunt, if any serious trouble or grief fell upon you, you would find Mr. Bazalgette a much greater comfort and a better stay than poor spiritless me."
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Nearly a quarter of a century ago, Lucy Fountain, a young lady of beauty and distinction, was by the death of her mother, her sole surviving parent, left in the hands of her two trustees, Edward Fountain, Esq. of Font Abbey, and Mr. Bazalgette, a merchant, whose wife was Mrs. Fountain's half sister.
They agreed to lighten the burden by dividing it. She should spend half the year with each trustee in turn, until marriage should take her off their hands.
Our mild tale begins in Mr. Bazalgette's house two years after the date of that arrangement.
The chit-chat must be your main clue to the characters. In life it is the same. Men and women won't come to you ticketed, or explanation in hand.
"Lucy, you are a great comfort in a house: it is so nice to have some one to pour out one's heart to; my husband is no use at all."
"Aunt Bazalgette!"
"In that way. You listen to my faded illusions, to the aspirations of a nature too finely organised, ah! to find its happiness in this rough selfish world - when I open my bosom to him, what does he do? guess now - whistles."
"Then I call that rude."
"So do I, and then he whistles more and more."
"Yes; but, aunt, if any serious trouble or grief fell upon you, you would find Mr. Bazalgette a much greater comfort and a better stay than poor spiritless me."
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
- ISBN
- 1330004795 / 9781330004791
- Pages
- 700
- Weight
- 32.48 oz.
- Dimensions
- 5.98 x 1.4 in.
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