Billy Duane A Novel Author:Frances Aymar Mathews General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1905 Original Publisher: Dodd, Mead Subjects: Fiction / General Fiction / Classics Fiction / Literary History / General Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the Genera... more »l Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER V Mrs. Diume Arrives in America Marjorie did come by the Furnessia, having run over to Scotland in order to buy some wonderful woollens for her sister Sally's trousseau; Sally was to be married to Tom Eckford very soon now. Not having cabled to her husband, there was no expectation of being met. It was just about a quarter of an hour after Billy and Dan Satterlee had left the Madison Avenue house, that the cab rattled up containing the mistress, the lad, and the maid. The five floors were a blaze of light, the sidewalk was extremely dirty and littered with ballots, cigar stumps, burnt matches and so forth. At least a score of men, mostly with hats on the backs of their heads or over one eye, huddled about the area, walk, and indeed sat peacefully smoking on the stoop! Certainly this was not her house; there must be a mistake ; but no, it was her house, there shone the familiar numbers above the door. She got out of the cab, followed by the boy and the maid, and the cabman carried the satchels and parcels and rugs; the trunks could not be gotten before the next morning. The men on the walk and on the stoop edged aside, but did not move away, for her to pass. Too proud to question, or to betray the sign even of uneasiness, she touched the bell; the door flew open and an excited-looking individual stared out at her inquiringly. She sailed in without a word, not knowing if she were awake or dreaming. Rebecca, the old housekeeper, then loomed up in the hallway and...« less