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A Box for the Season (2); A Sporting Sketch
A Box for the Season A Sporting Sketch - 2 Author:Charles Clarke Volume: 2 General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1864 Original Publisher: Chapman and Hall Subjects: Fiction / Classics Fiction / Literary History / General Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations a... more »nd there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General 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 XXVII. A PLEASANT RIDE HOME. The end of the last chapter saw Tom Crackenthorpe in a rather delicate position. To say he was taken aback is not quite strong enough, for the widow was the last person he expected to see, though the first in his thoughts; and the sight of her nearly knocked him of his horse. Since the day Tom had first seen her at Lushen- ham, she had never looked more beautiful; and if bright colour, pencilled eyebrows, cleanly cut features, and a fine set of teeth, were any recommendations, the claims of the widow Greystoke were not to be denied. The gentleman, at that moment, did not look his best; indeed, he was no beauty, though a straightforward, manly fellow enough, at the best of times : and there arecircumstances which take the shine out of your fast young men. Pumpington life had never exhibited a phase like the present. Tom had always been countenanced in his little flirtations by the men and women of his set. The latter were quite as eager for the fray as he; and, though truth compels me to add he was somewhat of a glutton, there were plenty there ready to give him his fill. He had never been accustomed to wade through difficulties to the 'wished-for haven, but had rather played the game of " any port in a storm," and run for the nearest. In fact, this was nearly the first time he had found himself in a twelve-foot by six straw-thatched outhouse, occupied by a goddess on horseback, and a Cup...« less