The Silver Lining / A Guernsey Story

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ter Frank, her father looked at her with a ha

he was angry; he would mope about for whole da

as it had formerly done. Her heart revolted at the thought

t are awed by countless numbers, Adèle had up to this time quietly su

er father into wearing his ordinary face

h, ah, you think a great deal of this young fellow.

at he did not sulk nearly as long as usual, but, to the y

o and take tea with her to-morrow,

id not

father went on: "You must go,

" She thought: "Often enough," for she did not

on the commission which he secured as agent to a firm of agricultural implement manufacturers, and partly on the money which he made by selling his property bit by bit. He had also advertised himself as auctioneer, house and estate agent, etcetera, but no one seemed to require his services in this line. Averse to manual labour, he could not properly c

as Mr. Rouge

en of the late Charles Ro

her light blue eyes wearing a fixed gaze and her tongue always ready to slander. She pretended to be r

the family with which the reader is not acquainted; and Tom, grown into

meeting, and their two children were left alone. When the parents were gone, Tom left the house, leaving his sister alone and returning about half an hour before his

en he entered the house, he was astonishe

. Soher, "what

en out a litt

h bad companions, the probable results of it; how, when he had once acquired bad habits, he would find it nearly

ant. He did not tell his father that this same eveni

o attend to their meetings and their son continued to

became really alarmed. He felt that he had not

owever, make hi

r having exhorted him to turn a new leaf he lifted up his voice in prayer. But the son continued

t all for the mother who tried to screen his faults. She was so narrow minded; always speaking ill of everyone. She knew they were slowly sinking t

thers, thine own nature is being abased, whils

r mother. Her character was the same as her mother's. Alas! u

er, it was a duty. If she did not go, she thought they would think her too proud. So she made the sacrifice, and went. She de

voice. She wore her everyday apparel

have not had time yet to change cloth

are you so late? I thoug

e house would have been in, if

e down; she ran upstairs when she heard you knock at the door; she does not like for anyone to

liment," thoug

se. The inmates of the "Prenoms" had to be taught to converse properly before they could do so. Mrs. Soher began to babble in her ordinary way. Her daughter supported her

, but she was now directly appealed to. She spoke: "I do not know,"

castically: "I thou

faults in my temper which have to be overcome; and I find that I have q

king six ways for Sunday, it w

en a word, said something about young people being respectful to their super

eing revolting against the useless, ay, more than useless talk she had heard. But when she looked at the flowers that grew on the hedges which bordered the lane in which she was walking, her soul was filled with a sweet balm. Here was the ivy climbing upwards taking its support and some o

at of being alone with nature, and th

she hoped to have some day; but still, it was home. Her father was there, as

and lecture me in that way," said Adèle's aunt, then she added: "Fancy that little brat, to try and give me a lesson about my duty towards my neighbour. If she has enoug

marked: "She has been to a

profiting by the general interest displayed in the conversation,

heir departed guest, the two women

ey nev

n, she would have felt even m