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William Gilbert van Tassel Sutphen

, Published in Jan 1970 by Nabu Press

ISBN10: 1148006591 | ISBN13: 9781148006598

[...]pleasurably anticipating from the very beginning of created things. And so, when I felt the strong, warm pressure of Betty Graeme's palm, how could I help being flattered, even intrigued. I concluded that my new cousin must have liked me on sight, and I was quite ready to return the compliment in kind. Under the heavy, black veil I could discern a symmetrical oval of countenance, and imagination easily supplied the customary accessories of vermilion lips, challenging eyes, and perfumed tresses. In reality, I should never in the world have been able to recognize Betty Graeme by the sense of sight alone, but I should know that handclasp anywhere; and that was enough. "Of course you are coming back to the house," said Miss Graeme. "Will you ride with us-but I see that Mr. Eldon has arranged to take you with him. Are you ready, Eunice?" Sitting opposite Mr. and Mrs. Eldon in the big, lumbering landau of ante-bellum days I began my explanations and apologies.[...].