The Novels of Charles Lever
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Volume: 2 General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1894 Original Publisher: Little, Brown, and Co. Subjects: Fiction / General Fiction / Classics Fiction / Literary History / General Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or m...
MoreVolume: 2 General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1894 Original Publisher: Little, Brown, and Co. Subjects: Fiction / General Fiction / Classics Fiction / Literary History / General Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh 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: CHAPTER LX. A RETURN HOME. The morning that followed this scene broke very happily on the villa; for Augustus was to arrive by the afternoon packet, and all were eager to meet him. His telegram said, "Cutbill is with me; but I do not know if he will stop." And this announcement, indeed, more than tempered the pleasure they felt at the thought of meeting Augustus. Jack, whose sailor's eye had detected a thin streak of smoke in the sky long ere the others had seen it, and knew by what time the steamer might arrive, hastened down to the shore to meet his brother alone, not wishing that the first meeting should be observed by others. And he was so far right. Men as they were, -- tried and hardened by the world's conflict, -- they could not speak as they clasped each other in their arms; and when they separated to gaze at each other's faces, their eyes swam in heavy tears. "My poor fellow!" was all that Augustus could say for several minutes, till, struck by the manly vigor and dignified bearing of the other, he cried out, "What a great powerful fellow you have grown, Jack! You are twice as strong as you used to be." "Strong enough, Gusty; but I suppose I shall need it all. But how comes it that you have gray hair here? " "You fmd me terribly changed, Jack! I have aged greatly since we met." "You are tired, now, old fellow. A little rest, and the pleasant care of the villa will soon set you np again....
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