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Annesley court; or, Isabel Grant's story, by Adeline
Annesley court or Isabel Grant's story by Adeline Author:Jane Sergeant Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III. Db. Kaye's Patient. " Tell me your message, ye who are calling Out of the dimness vague and vast. Mystical voices floating, calling... more » ;— Dim farewells—the last—the last!" And so it happened that we were not introduced to Mr. Harland until our return from the Cemetery. He was a portly, handsome man of about fifty, with a frank and genial expression of face; not much like a lawyer, had been my mental comment on his appearance, and yet there was something in the firm, well-defined lips, and the dark and finely arched eyebrows, that betokened acuteness and strength of intellect. I had pictured him grave, almost ascetic, with a somewhat prim and mouldy stiffness of address and manner, repulsive rather than otherwise, but was surprised to find the courteous and affable gentleman. As the children of his old friend, he greeted us kindly and tenderly, and Alec's heart I could see at once went out to him. He confided to him his plans and wishes for the future, and Mr. Harland'promised him his interest and support. " A snug berth at Somerset House, eh, Alec ? That iswhat you want; well, we shall see. But now," he continued, as if a sudden thought had struck him, " what think you of the study of the law ? It is a noble profession ! Only think to what you may aspire,—to what heights you may attain ! True, in one sense a life-time may be too short to penetrate all the subtleties, and to understand all the intricate mysteries of our profession, yet a few years would enable you to practise successfully, and then how grand a career is open to you, if only you give yourself to earnest study. Too late, do you say ? Nay, my dear boy ! A few months in my office, with the training you have already had, and then in chambers at the Temple with some pleader! I have not t...« less