Grandmother Elsie: A Sequel to Elsie's Widowhood (Classic Reprint)
- ISBN-10
- 0267346166
- ISBN-13
- 9780267346165
- Series
- Grandmother Elsie
- Pages
- 306
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2018-01-31
- Publisher
- Forgotten Books
- Author
- Martha Finley
Description
Excerpt from Grandmother Elsie: A Sequel to Elsie's Widowhood Two horses stood ready saddled and bridled before the principal entrance to the mansion, and Mr. Horace Dinsmore, was pacing the veranda to and fro with slow, meditative step, while Bruno, crouching beside the door, fol lowed his movements with wistful, question ing eyes, doubtless wondering what had be come of his accustomed merry, romping play mates. A light step came down the hall, and a lady in riding hat and habit stepped from the open doorway, stooped for an instant to touch the dog's head caressingly with a Poor Bruno! Do you miss your playfellows 9 then glided quickly toward Mr. Dinsmore, who received her with Open arms and tenderest caress. Then holding her off and scrutinizing the sweet, fair face with keen, searching eye, You are looking better and brighter than I dared to hope, my darling, he said. Did you get some sleep 9 Yes, papa, thank you, several hours. And you? Did you rest well? 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.
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