[Fenton’s Quest by M. E. Braddon]@TWC D-Link bookFenton’s Quest CHAPTER XIII 12/18
One has room to move about.
I have been in the country of late because I really do appreciate rural surroundings, and have found myself able to write better in the perfect quiet of rural life." "It is rather hard upon your friends that you should devote all your days to literature." "And still harder upon the reading public, perhaps.
But, my dear Mrs. Branston, remember, I must write to live." Adela gave a little impatient sigh.
She was thinking how gladly she would have made this man master of her ample fortune; wondering whether he would ever claim from her the allegiance she was so ready to give. Mr.Pallinson did his best to engage his cousin's attention during the rest of the evening.
He brought her her tea-cup, and hovered about her while she sipped the beverage with that graceful air of suppressed tenderness which constant practice in the drawing-rooms of Maida-hill had rendered almost natural to him; but, do what he would, he could not distract Mrs.Branston's thoughts and looks from John Saltram.
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