Vietnam or Thailand ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
Updated: June 16, 2025
It will be good-by between us, and good-by forever!" We had walked on, while we were speaking, to a part of the park through which there flowed a rivulet of clear water. On the further bank, the open ground led down into a wooded valley. On our side of the stream rose a thick plantation of fir-trees intersected by a winding path. Captain Stanwick stopped as we reached the place.
Stanwick," continued John, thoughtfully. "He started for the city yesterday but I did not receive Madame Whitney's letter in time."
I was sorry from the bottom of my heart that young fellow had not won her instead of this Stanwick, they were so suited to each other." "Ah," said Ruth, after a moment's pause, "I think I have the key to this mystery. She loves this handsome Rex, that is evident; perhaps they have had a lovers' quarrel, and she has married this one on the spur of the moment through pique.
Alas! she had been too sanguine, hoping Lester Stanwick would not return before the ceremony was performed. The last hope died out of that proud, passionate heart as well hope to divert a tiger from its helpless prey as expect Lester Stanwick to relinquish any plans he had once formed.
My childish pride urged me to assert myself in some way, after the passive position that I had been forced to occupy during the interview with Captain Stanwick. "No," I said, "it is not acting fairly toward Mr. Varleigh to break our engagement with him. Let us return to Nettlegrove by all means, but let us first call on Mr. Varleigh and take our leave.
Daisy struggled out of his embrace, with a low, broken sob, flinging herself on her knees at his feet with a sharp cry. "Daisy," said the old lady, bending over her and smoothing back the golden hair from the lovely anguished face, "tell him the truth, dear. You are here with Mr. Stanwick; is it not so?"
Whether they came together, or whether they came separately, their visits were always agreeable to me. and I thought of nothing and cared for nothing more. But the time that was to enlighten me was not far off. One day Captain Stanwick called much earlier than usual. My aunt had not yet returned from her morning walk.
They are both greatly struck by Miss Bertha's beauty, and they both urgently entreated me to introduce them. Such introductions, I need hardly say, are marked exceptions to my general rule. In ninety-nine cases out of a hundred I should have said No. In the cases of Captain Stanwick and Mr. Varleigh, however, I saw no reason to hesitate.
A burning flush rose to her face as she thought how cruelly he had suspected her, this poor little child-bride who had never known one wrong or sinful thought in her pure, innocent young life. If he had only given her the chance of explaining how she had happened to be there with Stanwick; if they had taken her back she must have confessed about the letter and who Rex was and what he was to her.
It is true that I loved Miss Laroche too dearly to yield her to any rival except at her own wish. It is also true that Captain Stanwick more than once insulted me, and that I endured it. He had suffered from sunstroke in India, and in his angry moments he was hardly a responsible being. It was only when he threatened me with personal chastisement that my patience gave way. We met sword in hand.
Word Of The Day
Others Looking