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The Right Sort, Or, a Romance of the Shires
The Right Sort Or a Romance of the Shires Author:Mrs. Edward Kennard General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1883 Original Publisher: Remington 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 selec... more »t from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER III. When they found themselves alone Jack Clinker said to Kate -- " Do you believe in presentiments, Miss Brewser ? " " I hardly know," she replied. " It is so easy, once a thing has happened, to persuade yourself into the idea you had always foretold it." " You don't remember then the remark I made this morning about misfortunes never coming singly ? It certainly was not a very original one; nevertheless all through the morning I have had an uneasy feeling that something was going to happen. There's a fatality about these things. Just fancy, Snowflake breaking down badly and then King Olaf half killing himself ! One grows quite jumpy over such misfortunes. I wonder what will be the next one to overtake us ? " "Don't talk of any more, for goodness sake! We have had enough and to spare as it is, without predicting others. I had no idea you were so superstitious. Do youknow," dropping her voice to an uneasy whisper, "I feel so shaky and demoralized that if King Olaf -- d -- d -- dies I do not really think I shall ever care to go hunting again. When all goes well it's delightful, and following hounds the greatest physical pleasure that exists, but when accidents like this occur a revulsion of feeling sets in, and one tells one's self that the game is not worth the candle, that one stands to lose too much and to gain too little." " Come, come," he said, endeavouring to comfort her, seeing also how thoroughly upset she was by what had taken place. " I will not have you give way to such gloomy views. Like everything else in this world, hunting presents its bright...« less