A Woman's Glory Author:Sarah Doudney Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III. ' IS THY FACE LIKE THY MOTHER'S, MY FAIR CHILD ?' was not unnatural that Bride should lie awake all night, rehearsing the textit{role of ... more »a duteous daughter, and resolving to devote herself heart and soul to a father who had been so cruelly exiled. She thought that she knew exactly what he would be like?gentle, somewhat spiritless, crushed by early sorrow and long banishment. He would lean on her a good deal, of course; and for tb.0future she must not expect to belong to herself. He would never be satisfied unless she was constantly by his side; she would be required to read aloud, to sing to him, to walk with him, to do everything, in short, to freshen his blighted life, and charm his thoughts away from a dreary past. Naturally, too, her own new position had to be looked at in various lights; she was not so perfect a Christian as to refrain from chuckling a little over the discomfiture of Mrs. Goad. And then, just as the October dawn was slowly breaking, and the leaves outside the lattice were rustling in the breath of morning, she fell asleep and dreamed. Yet it was not a dream of the new life, but an old dream of a boat gliding over a smooth sea; and Victor Ashburn's eyes were looking into hers again. She stretched out her hands to touch him, and then woke with a start to find Hannah standing by her side. ' It's growing late, my dear/ said Hannah, in a soothing tone. ' But I wouldn't have wakened you if you had not seemed so restless. You were murmuring and moving your arms, and an uneasy sleep is best broken. There's a lot of packing to be done to-day,' added the good woman, with a sigh of importance. ' A lot of packing,' repeated Bride, smiling drowsily. ' Nonsense, Hannah ! you know that my possessions consist of three or four shabby frocks...« less