A. J. Barrowcliffe
Published: 2015-07-17
Total Pages: 290
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Excerpt from Trust for Trust, Vol. 1 of 3 Clever head and a most resolute will, a petty overlooker in the neighbouring slate quarries, and, moreover, the son of a tradesman who might leave him five hundred pounds when he died, took courage one January morning and told Mary he wished to marry her. When She told him she was much obliged to him, but She couldn't think of it, he grew dark and stern, spoke harshly and fiercely, and left her at last quite frightened by the assurance that he had made up his mind to have her, and have her he would. Now Mary, in Spite of her gentleness, had on some occasions as strong a will of her own as may become a woman, and had he waited till her momentary fright was over, she would have told him plainly that if he indeed would have her it must be in another world, for she would rather die ten times than marry him in this. Though he did not hear this, however, he understood perfectly well that his rejection was point blank and definite, and he lapsed into a sullen state of daily reflection as to the means whereby She might be won. My story begins in the spring that followed this January of rejection, and Mr. Owen Williams was the gentleman who. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.