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Jessie the Bookfolder; Or, the Heroism of Love. by the Author of 'biddy Macarthy'.
Jessie the Bookfolder Or the Heroism of Love by the Author of 'biddy Macarthy' Author:Jessie General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1865 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 you can select from more than a million book... more »s for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER IV. A STOBM. the succeeding morning, Sir William Ainslie sat in his library in Queen Street. It was a lofty room, luxuriously furnished, well stored with books of elegant binding, the walls adorned with pictures by the best painters, and every odd corner filled by busts of celebrated men. A large fire burned in the-grate; for it was March, and the mornings were cold. Close by the fire, in a capacious easy chair, reclined the baronet in his dressing-gown. He was a fine-looking man Sir William: tall, stately, and imposing. His forehead was lofty, his features regular and even pleasant, though they wanted not several lines of severity and inflexible firmness. His eye was large and piercing; his complexion was neither fair nor dark ; his hair, once thick and bushy, was now thin and streaked with grey, showing his full developed head to advantage. His nature was well indicated by his outward appearance. He. was, on the whole, a generous, kind, and benevolent man; but when thwarted or opposed in his projects or ideas, he was at once passionate and unrelenting. Family pride was his besetting sin. The honour of his house he would guard with the utmost sacredness; and to preserve what was, in his eyes, its purity, he would unhesitatingly sacrifice every private or individual inclination, However strong. As he sat in the attitude of reflection, looking steadfastly atthe fire, the door opened with a slight noise, and his son entered the apartment. A stranger looking at both could see nothing between them to betoken such close relationship. Both were, indeed, tall and well proportioned; but the youth ha...« less