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Excerpt from A Dark Lantern: A Story With a Prologue
UP the sharply defined path of red baize, from curb-stone to portico, and through the wide-set doors of the big house in St. James''s Square, a stream of men and women for nearly two hours had been pouring.
Fewer were arriving now, and a few were even coming out. Powdered servants were summoning, while others were dis missing carriages, and still through the Open door the little crowd Of huddled street folk without (ranked on either side the red pathway) could watch the difficult passage through the crowded hall of the latest tiara, and grew tired of studying the great stair case packed with a congested mass of humanity unable to move up or down.
Lady Peterborough was one Of the small group of great Lon don hostesses whose absence is held to make a difference in the season. She and Lord Peterborough had been for over a year in India and the Far East. This was the first party given on their return.
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UP the sharply defined path of red baize, from curb-stone to portico, and through the wide-set doors of the big house in St. James''s Square, a stream of men and women for nearly two hours had been pouring.
Fewer were arriving now, and a few were even coming out. Powdered servants were summoning, while others were dis missing carriages, and still through the Open door the little crowd Of huddled street folk without (ranked on either side the red pathway) could watch the difficult passage through the crowded hall of the latest tiara, and grew tired of studying the great stair case packed with a congested mass of humanity unable to move up or down.
Lady Peterborough was one Of the small group of great Lon don hostesses whose absence is held to make a difference in the season. She and Lord Peterborough had been for over a year in India and the Far East. This was the first party given on their return.
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.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Language - English
Hardback
Contributors
Author
Elizabeth Robins
Published Date -
ISBN - 9780266347521
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.3 cm
Page Count - 419
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Contributors
Author
Elizabeth Robins
Published Date -
ISBN - 9781330670606
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.3 cm
Page Count - 421
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