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Oakfield, or Fellowship in the East (Victorian Library)
Oakfield or Fellowship in the East - Victorian Library Author:William Arnold Volume: 2 General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1854 Original Publisher: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans Subjects: Fiction / Classics Fiction / Literary Fiction / Religious Fiction / Christian / General Literary Criticism / General Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has... more » 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 books for free. Excerpt: CHAP. V. " Here on our native soil we breathe once more; The cock that crows, the smoke that curls, that sound Of bells, those boys who in yon meadow-ground In white-sleeved shirts are playing, and the roar Of the waves breaking on the chalky shore -- All -- all are English." WoEDSWORTH. We trust the reader will not be unwilling to return to Leatheburn. It is the beginning of February, in 1850. Four years have passed since we last accompanied the Oakfields to Lodore, and marked changes have come over some of the party ; no rude revolutionary changes however, none but what have been wrought by the gentle process of growth and gradual development. Mrs. Oakfield is the one on whom the lapse of time seems to have impressed its mark the least; her dark hair still shines as brightly as then: her soft face is still as loveable as ever: her eyes beam as tenderly when she smiles upon her children. Neither is Margaret much changed : she is in the very bloom of youthful womanhood, just two-and- twenty: the whole party seem to lean towards anddepend upon her, much as they used to do : nor is there any diminution perceptible in her willing joy at serving and pleasing others. Rose and Mary are now nine and ten years old ; both as pretty as they promised to be: Rose, as of old, takes the lead: her unflagging spirits, more than her years of seniority, giving her the command over the more sedate little Mary. But...« less