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The Letters of a Solitary Wanderer (3); The Story of Corisande
The Letters of a Solitary Wanderer The Story of Corisande - 3 Author:Charlotte Turner Smith Volume: 3 General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1801 Original Publisher: Printed by and for Sampson Low Subjects: English fiction 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... more » free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: To her, who had always been accuH. tomed to receive from her own fervants as mucrj refpeŁt as it was now her turn to pay, (for, except during her flay with the ladies of St. Francis, (he had received from every body around her only attention and homage,) fuch feelings wert very awkward; lefs however from th novelty of the prefent fcene, than from her doubts how her painful fufpenf was to end. Retired from the prefence of the Queen, many diflreffingfenfations crowded on her mind: it was impoffible for a moment to fuppofe, that, her flight from Montrichard being known, fhe fliould long be left unmolefted by her uncle. The Queen Mother, who had Ihown fo much folicitude for her marriage with De Champignac, would hardly defilt from enforcing her commands, at the inftance of Queen Margaret, with whom (he was at variance; nor was it indeed very probable that Margaret would.. would give herfelf much trouble on be- -half of a young perfon whom accident only had thrown in her way, and for whom fhe could have no particular pre- dileftion. The little confequence her majefty feemed to attach to the fecret of her flight and difguife, Corifande thought was a proof that (he had nothing to expeft, but to be returned into the power of her uncle, and immediately given to De Champignac. Of both her dread was increafed; for, the ftep (he had iaken to efcape from their power would only urge them to treat her with lefs delicacy and forbearance whenever they mould again refume it. But, whatever were the apprehenfions of Corifande, (he ...« less