The Mystery of the Semi-Detached

Fiction & Literature, Anthologies, Classics
Cover of the book The Mystery of the Semi-Detached by Edith Nesbit, CDED
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Edith Nesbit ISBN: 9782291064756
Publisher: CDED Publication: February 6, 2019
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Edith Nesbit
ISBN: 9782291064756
Publisher: CDED
Publication: February 6, 2019
Imprint:
Language: English

" He was waiting for her, he had been waiting an hour and a half in a dusty suburban lane, with a row of big elms on one side and some eligible building sites on the other-and far away to the south-west the twinkling yellow lights of the Crystal Palace. It was not quite like a country lane, for it had a pavement and lamp-posts, but it was not a bad place for a meeting all the same: and farther up, towards the cemetery, it was really quite rural, and almost pretty, especially in twilight But twilight had long deepened into the night, and still he waited. He loved her, and he was engaged to be married to her, with the complete disapproval of every reasonable person who had been consulted. And this half-clandestine meeting was tonight to take the place of the grudgingly sanctioned weekly interview-because a certain rich uncle was visiting at her house, and her mother was not the woman to acknowledge to a moneyed uncle, who might "go off" any day, a match so deeply ineligible as hers with him. "

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

" He was waiting for her, he had been waiting an hour and a half in a dusty suburban lane, with a row of big elms on one side and some eligible building sites on the other-and far away to the south-west the twinkling yellow lights of the Crystal Palace. It was not quite like a country lane, for it had a pavement and lamp-posts, but it was not a bad place for a meeting all the same: and farther up, towards the cemetery, it was really quite rural, and almost pretty, especially in twilight But twilight had long deepened into the night, and still he waited. He loved her, and he was engaged to be married to her, with the complete disapproval of every reasonable person who had been consulted. And this half-clandestine meeting was tonight to take the place of the grudgingly sanctioned weekly interview-because a certain rich uncle was visiting at her house, and her mother was not the woman to acknowledge to a moneyed uncle, who might "go off" any day, a match so deeply ineligible as hers with him. "

More books from CDED

Cover of the book The Greatest Short Stories of Leo Tolstoy by Edith Nesbit
Cover of the book Brontë Sisters: Complete Poems by Edith Nesbit
Cover of the book The Angel of the Odd by Edith Nesbit
Cover of the book La Poupée sanglante by Edith Nesbit
Cover of the book Bram Stoker: The Classics Collection by Edith Nesbit
Cover of the book The Key to Success by Edith Nesbit
Cover of the book The Assignation by Edith Nesbit
Cover of the book A Tale of Jerusalem by Edith Nesbit
Cover of the book The Brute by Edith Nesbit
Cover of the book The Duel by Edith Nesbit
Cover of the book The Master Criminal (Book Center) by Edith Nesbit
Cover of the book Les Mohicans de Babel by Edith Nesbit
Cover of the book Rouletabille chez le Tsar by Edith Nesbit
Cover of the book The Complete Walt Whitman: Drum-Taps, Leaves of Grass, Patriotic Poems, Complete Prose Works, The Wound Dresser, Letters by Edith Nesbit
Cover of the book Above Life's Turmoil by Edith Nesbit
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy