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A Righted Wrong, Vol. 2 of 3: A Novel
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It was a position in which few men would have failed to look silly, that of talking over a love affair, in the ante-pro posal stage, with a sister. But Mr. Bald win was one of those men who never can be made to look silly, who have about them an inborn dignity and entire single ness of purpose which are effectual pre servatives against the faintest touch of the ridiculous in their words or actions.
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It was a position in which few men would have failed to look silly, that of talking over a love affair, in the ante-pro posal stage, with a sister. But Mr. Bald win was one of those men who never can be made to look silly, who have about them an inborn dignity and entire single ness of purpose which are effectual pre servatives against the faintest touch of the ridiculous in their words or actions.
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.
314 pages, Hardcover
First published September 27, 2015
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Edmund Hodgson Yates
320 books2 followersEdmund Hodgson Yates was a British journalist, novelist and dramatist.
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April 18, 2023
The second volume of the trilogy gets into the core of the story: the nature of the wrong and the attempts to put it into straights.
Margaret Hungerford, after a rather flat and unromantic proposal of marriage by Mr Baldwin and an even more inexplicable turn of mind discarding previous remorses and obscure secrets of the past, plunges herself into a second marriage. This one, at least, is happier than her first distressful one and now, as a grand lady of wealth and recognized social status, Margaret spends time in Scotland and in Italy. She is a mother of a girl, Gertrude while she is expecting a second baby.
A scheduled arrival to England of an Australian friend, Mr Meredith Hayes and his bad son who shows all tendencies to hate and revenge Margaret for her good fortune, puts the wheels of fate in motion. The news that Mr Hayes brings, endanger the social status of Margaret and her little daughter, they cause distress and they disturb Margaret both mentally and physically. (The reader is made certain that she will not live long.)
Meanwhile, Haldane Carteret marries a superfluous Miss Crofton who is strangely connected with Margaret’s secret and flirts with Robert Hayes. (There is some mischief brewing from that front.)
In sum, two weddings, a funeral and a wrong which the modern reader cannot understand exactly what is it.
Margaret Hungerford, after a rather flat and unromantic proposal of marriage by Mr Baldwin and an even more inexplicable turn of mind discarding previous remorses and obscure secrets of the past, plunges herself into a second marriage. This one, at least, is happier than her first distressful one and now, as a grand lady of wealth and recognized social status, Margaret spends time in Scotland and in Italy. She is a mother of a girl, Gertrude while she is expecting a second baby.
A scheduled arrival to England of an Australian friend, Mr Meredith Hayes and his bad son who shows all tendencies to hate and revenge Margaret for her good fortune, puts the wheels of fate in motion. The news that Mr Hayes brings, endanger the social status of Margaret and her little daughter, they cause distress and they disturb Margaret both mentally and physically. (The reader is made certain that she will not live long.)
Meanwhile, Haldane Carteret marries a superfluous Miss Crofton who is strangely connected with Margaret’s secret and flirts with Robert Hayes. (There is some mischief brewing from that front.)
In sum, two weddings, a funeral and a wrong which the modern reader cannot understand exactly what is it.
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