Unleavened Bread
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General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1900 Original Publisher: C. Scribner's sons Subjects: American fiction Fiction / General Fiction / General Fiction / Classics Fiction / Literary Fiction / Short Stories Literary Criticism / American / General Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be ty...
MoreGeneral Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1900 Original Publisher: C. Scribner's sons Subjects: American fiction Fiction / General Fiction / General Fiction / Classics Fiction / Literary Fiction / Short Stories Literary Criticism / American / General Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: BOOK II. THE STRUGGLE CHAPTER I. Littleton had not expected that Selma would ac-cede to his request to be married at once, but he was delighted at her decision. He had uttered his wish in sincerity, for there was really no reason for waiting, and by an immediate marriage they would escape the tedium of an engagement during which they could hope to see each other but rarely. He was able to support a wife provided they were to live simply and economically. He felt sure that Selma understood his circumstances and was no less ready than he to forego luxuries in order that they might be all in all to each other spiritually as husband and wife. Besides he had hopes that his clientage would continue to grow so that he would be able to provide all reasonable comforts for his new home. Consequently he drove up from the station in New York with a light heart, fondly pointing out to his wife this and that building and other objects of interest. He mistook her pensive silence for diffidence at the idea of descending suddenly on another woman's home -- a matter which in this instance gave him no concern, for he had unlimited confidencein Pauline's executive ability and her tendency not to get ruffled. She had been his good angel, domestically speaking, and, indeed, in every way, since they had first begun to keep house together, and it had rather amused him to let fall such a bombshell as the contents of...
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