| Author: | Margaret Oliphant | ISBN: | 9781537808932 |
| Publisher: | Jovian Press | Publication: | December 2, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Margaret Oliphant |
| ISBN: | 9781537808932 |
| Publisher: | Jovian Press |
| Publication: | December 2, 2017 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
I WAS not aware at first of the many discussions which had gone on about that window. It was almost opposite one of the windows of the large old-fashioned drawing-room of the house in which I spent that summer, which was of so much importance in my life. Our house and the library were on opposite sides of the broad High Street of St Rule's, which is a fine street, wide and ample, and very quiet, as strangers think who come from noisier places; but in a summer evening there is much coming and going, and the stillness is full of sound--the sound of footsteps and pleasant voices, softened by the summer air...
I WAS not aware at first of the many discussions which had gone on about that window. It was almost opposite one of the windows of the large old-fashioned drawing-room of the house in which I spent that summer, which was of so much importance in my life. Our house and the library were on opposite sides of the broad High Street of St Rule's, which is a fine street, wide and ample, and very quiet, as strangers think who come from noisier places; but in a summer evening there is much coming and going, and the stillness is full of sound--the sound of footsteps and pleasant voices, softened by the summer air...
