The Penance of Portia James
The Penance of Portia James
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The night was a divine one. Through the window of the compartment, which her fellow-travellers per- sisted in keeping closed, Portia could see the summer landscape fading into indistinctness under the waning twilight. By-and-by a red-gold moon swung herself slowly aloft through the sky. What would not Portia have given to be able to stop the train and walk about in the midst of that enchanted scene. ? It seemed so redolent of calm and repose, to breathe such " bease, " as Emma had said of the c...oppery Claude — and " bease " appeared as far out of Portia's reach at this instant as the moonlit landscape itself. A thousand disquieting thoughts were succeeding each other in THE PENANCE OF PORTIA JAMES. 149 hor brain. A woman does not run away upon her weddinij-day with just the kind of sensation with which she might start upon a personally-conducted circular tour, paid for by anticipation — and this was what our heroine was tliscovcrinj^ to her cost. At one moment she would picture the scene that must ensue when the fact of her flight was discovered : Emma's guttural ejaculations, Wilmer's nervous man- ipulation of his monocle, John's baffled rage — she could imagine it all so vividly.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
The night was a divine one. Through the window of the compartment, which her fellow-travellers per- sisted in keeping closed, Portia could see the summer landscape fading into indistinctness under the waning twilight. By-and-by a red-gold moon swung herself slowly aloft through the sky. What would not Portia have given to be able to stop the train and walk about in the midst of that enchanted scene. ? It seemed so redolent of calm and repose, to breathe such " bease, " as Emma had said of the c...oppery Claude — and " bease " appeared as far out of Portia's reach at this instant as the moonlit landscape itself. A thousand disquieting thoughts were succeeding each other in THE PENANCE OF PORTIA JAMES. 149 hor brain. A woman does not run away upon her weddinij-day with just the kind of sensation with which she might start upon a personally-conducted circular tour, paid for by anticipation — and this was what our heroine was tliscovcrinj^ to her cost. At one moment she would picture the scene that must ensue when the fact of her flight was discovered : Emma's guttural ejaculations, Wilmer's nervous man- ipulation of his monocle, John's baffled rage — she could imagine it all so vividly.
What to read after The Penance of Portia James?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Tasma, B. 1848 to read onlineMoreLess
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