keswick's

Updated: June 4, 2025

But the lady on one side was as inflexible as the lady on the other, and the engagement was definitely and absolutely ended. Mr Brandon considered all this as stuff and nonsense. He could not deny that his branch of the Brandons had certainly got a good deal out of Mrs Keswick's family.

Frank Richard Stockton - The Late Mrs. Null

That is all passed and gone." "But if there ever was any love," she persisted, "are you sure that it is all gone?" "Gone," he answered, earnestly, "as utterly and completely as the days of last summer." And now the sorrel, of his own accord, stopped at Mrs Keswick's outer gate; and Lawrence, getting down, took up the reins, opened the gate, and drove to the house in quite a proper way.

Frank Richard Stockton - The Late Mrs. Null

And now, Harriet Corvey, if you've got to make up the mail to go away early in the morning, you'd better have supper over and get about it." Meanwhile, at Mrs Keswick's house Mrs Null was acting just as conscientiously as she knew how.

Frank Richard Stockton - The Late Mrs. Null

Hanging up his hat, he entered, hoping that the reader, whose form was partially concealed by the back of the large rocking chair in which she was sitting, was Miss March. But it was not; it was Mrs Keswick's niece, deeply engrossed by a large-paged novel. She turned her head as he entered, and said: "Good evening."

Frank Richard Stockton - The Late Mrs. Null

Mr Brandon had arranged that two servants should wait upon the table, so that one of them should always be in the room, but in his supposition that the presence of a third person would have any effect upon the expression of Mrs Keswick's fond regard, he was mistaken.

Frank Richard Stockton - The Late Mrs. Null

Fearing that he had sustained some injury more than a mere sprain, Lawrence had had the Howlett's doctor summoned, and that general practitioner had come and gone, after having assured Mr Croft that no bones had been broken; that Mrs Keswick's treatment was exactly what it should be, and that all that was necessary for him was to remain quiet for a few days, and be very careful not to use the injured ankle.

Frank Richard Stockton - The Late Mrs. Null

It seemed to Lawrence that an elderly person who went about in a purple calico sun-bonnet, and with an umbrella of the same material, might go to church in a wheelbarrow, so far as appearances were concerned, but he had long ceased to wonder at Mrs Keswick's idiosyncrasies.

Frank Richard Stockton - The Late Mrs. Null

He was not at all satisfied at being here during Keswick's absence, feeling that he was enjoying an advantage which, although it was quite honorable, did not appear so. What he had to do was to get an interview with Miss March as soon as possible, and have that matter over. When he had been definitely accepted or rejected, he would go away.

Frank Richard Stockton - The Late Mrs. Null

"And what makes it more so," said Annie, "is Aunt Keswick's belief that you are in love with Miss March, and that you want to get a chance to propose to her. She does think that, doesn't she?" "Yes," said Lawrence, "I must admit that she does." "And she must be made to understand that that is entirely at an end," continued Annie.

Frank Richard Stockton - The Late Mrs. Null

While he was engaged in planning these honorable intentions, there came from the house Mrs Keswick's niece, with a basket in one hand, and a pair of scissors in the other, and she immediately applied herself to cutting some geraniums and chrysanthemums, which were about the last flowers left blooming at that season in the garden. "Good morning," said Croft, from the other end of the walk.

Frank Richard Stockton - The Late Mrs. Null