Mildred Arkell A tale Author:Mrs. Henry Wood This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1886 Excerpt: ...might find anyone in the present company to illustrate his meaning by ever so slight a likeness, as we are all apt to do in trying to desc... more »ribe a stranger--" I should think" Eobert Carr stopped; his eyes were resting on the white face of Benjamin Carr. Those sallow, dark faces when they turn white are not pleasant to look upon. "I should think," he continued, "that lie must have been some such a man as your son here, sir. Yes, just such another--tall, strong, dark" "How dare you?" shouted Benjamin Carr, with a desperate oath; "how dare you point at me as the--the--as Mr. Hardcastle?" The whole table bounded to their feet as if electrified. Benjamin Carr had risen to his full height; his eyes glared on the clergyman; his fist was lifted menacingly to his face. Had he gone out of his senses? Some of them truly thought so. That he had momentarily allowed himself to lose his presence of mind there could be no question. "What on earth has taken you, Ben?" The words came from Mrs. Lewis. Her brother's demeanour had been puzzling her. He had sat, with that one slight interruption mentioned, with his head down, looking sullen, as if he took no interest in the narrative; and she had seen his face grow whiter and whiter. She supposed it to be caused by the story; and said to herself, that she should not have thought Ben waa chicken-hearted. The squire followed suit. "Have you taken leave of your senses, sir? What's the matter with you? What is it, I say?" "Tourvisitor offended me, sir," replied Benjamin Carr,slowly sitting down in his chair again, and beginning to recollect himself. "How dare he say that I bear a resemblance to this Hardcastle?" "He never did say it," a...« less