 | 1835 - 866 pàgines
...drawingroom," replied ihc lady, and followed by her daughter, she left the gentlemen to themselvei. CHAPTER II. THE old man was sitting in a high backed...troubled countenance of her companion. The room they sat in was small, and very plainly furnished— the sky was fierce and stormy, and occasionally the... | |
 | Tracts for the people - 1847 - 800 pàgines
...table, not far removed- from him, sat n young lady, with a slmdn of settled melancholy visible on her noble features. She turned her eyes every now and...anxious affection, to the troubled countenance of the old man. At' \engtb Sir Walter Lansby started from his recumbent positiou and* sat upright, with... | |
 | 1835 - 926 pàgines
...before him, and hie eyelids closely pressed together, but evidently not in sleep — the motions of hia lips and the fitful contraction of his brow, showed...settled melancholy visible on her subdued, yet noble fea'ures. She turned her eyes every now and then from the paper on which she appeared to be sketching,... | |
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CHAPTER II. THE old man was sitting in a high backed oaken chair, his hands folded before him, and his eyelids closely pressed together, but evidently not in sleep — the motions of his lips and the fitful contraction of his brow, showed that the spirit... 