A FarAway Princess Author:Christian Reid, John A. Campbell General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1914 Original Publisher: The Devin-Adair Company 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 General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where... more » you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER XI IT WAS the reserve of Moira's tone that was most in Lyndon's mind when, after parting with her, he presently sat down alone to read Rostand's poetical drama; for if she had calculated in the most subtle manner how to arrest his attention, she could not have contrived to do so better than by her involuntary hesitations and coldness, and by the flash of scorn he had seen in her eyes. The last especially excited his wonder. What had he said to rouse scorn in Miss Fortescue's mind ? He had agreed with her view of "La Princesse Lointaine," and had done so with a sincerity which it did not occur to him to think could be doubted. As he looked out over the sea, considering this, and finding no answer to the question, his thoughts wandered to the eyes themselves, which he was quite sure were the most remarkable, as well as the most beautiful, he had ever seen. And it may be said here that such reflections as these were very unusual with Paul Lyndon; for it was one of the traits of his character which rendered him unsympathetic to the majority of people that he had always been singularly indifferent to women; that he rarely evinced liking for their society, and had never showed any sign of particular attraction toward even the fairest and most attractive of the sex. This being the case, it was as much a surprise to himself as it would have been to any of those who knew him best that he had been so immediately and deeply struck by the beautiful face, with the startledeyes, which had turned toward him when Leila introduced Miss Fortescue. And it was not only...« less