Lionel Harcourt, the Etonian

Angebote / Angebote:

Excerpt from Lionel Harcourt, the Etonian: Or "Like Other Fellows"He was standing with his back against the dining room mantle-piece - a well-grown, handsome youth, whose usually open, good-humoured countenance was now overclouded by an expression of irritation and dis content. His mother, whom he was haranguing SO vehemently, was a pale, fragile-looking woman, whose sunken eyes and restless manner seemed to tell Of some secret sorrow which was weighing her down and eating into her very life. She was still sitting at the breakfast-table, though the uneaten food before her showed that something had occurred that morning which had deprived her of any appetite for the meal. She was holding a piece of paper, which looked very like a bill, in her hand, and it was clear, from her harassed demeanour and Lionel's impetuous yet de fensive manner, that the document was, to her at least. An unexpected and most unwelcome object, and Lionel the person responsible for its appearance.Mrs. Harcourt's second son and only other child a tall, slim lad Of sixteen (about a year younger than his brother) - looked very much as if he wished him self Out of the way. But when Lionel became silent for an instant, and his mother hesitated, as though uncertain what to reply, he said slowly, and evidently speaking with an effort.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.