In Summer Shade

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Excerpt from In Summer Shade: A NovelWith somo branches of pink may in her arms, Mary Bnme came down the tree-shadowed road leading from Gaythorpe Village to Gawthorpe Hall. Leaning against the stile she would have to climb to make the short cut through the park appeared the figure of a man. The dusk of a spring day, which had been cold and gray and sullen, was coming on, and the light beneath the big chestnuts was uncertain, but in spite of its back being turned to her, Mary knew the figure at a glance, and for a moment hesitated and seemed to think of flight Then the white bull-terrier sitting patiently on its haunches by the man's side thumped its long tail with a kind of lazy joyfulness upon the ground, and emitted from its big throat a short deep bark of welcome, whereupon the bull-terrier's master turned quickly and stood up.He was a young man of medium height, but so broadly and strongly bnilt as to appear shorter than he was, with large limbs and hands and feet, and a face not too well featured, and of a very dark and weather-beaten complexion. He lifted the cap which he wore pulled down very much over his eyes, and looked at Mary with an expression of keen anxiety and painful entreaty upon his by no means handsome face.He came forward and grasped her band in silence, holding it an unwilling prisoner in his for a full minute before he spoke, gazing at the girl with a humble supplication, eloquent enough, in his eyes the while."Where have you been? What have you been doing with yourself?" he said, at length, his naturally slow voice thick and husky. "It's an age since I saw you last."About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.