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Flora Lyndsay or, Passages in an Eventful Life By: Susanna Moodie (1803-1885) |
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BY MRS. MOODIE. AUTHOR OF "ROUGHING IT IN THE BUSH," "MARK HURDLESTONE,"
"LIFE IN THE CLEARINGS," ETC.
IN TWO VOLUMES.
VOL. I.
LONDON:
RICHARD BENTLEY, NEW BURLINGTON STREET.
1854.
LONDON:
R. CLAY, PRINTER, BREAD STREET HILL.
TO MISS GOODING, OF CROMER, IN THE COUNTY OF NORFOLK,
THESE VOLUMES ARE AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED
BY HER ATTACHED FRIEND,
SUSANNAH MOODIE. BELLEVILLE, UPPER CANADA.
CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME.
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CHAPTER I.
MATRIMONIAL DIALOGUE 1 CHAPTER II.
THE OLD CAPTAIN 10 CHAPTER III.
THE OLD CAPTAIN IN PERSON 16 CHAPTER IV.
A VISIT OF CONDOLENCE 25 CHAPTER V.
THE TRUE FRIEND 37 CHAPTER VI.
FLORA'S OUTFIT 43 CHAPTER VII.
HOW MISS WILHELMINA CARR AND FLORA BECAME ACQUAINTED 51 CHAPTER VIII.
MISS WILHELMINA CALLS UPON FLORA 65 CHAPTER IX.
FLORA GOES TO TEA WITH MISS CARR 79 CHAPTER X.
OLD JARVIS AND HIS DOG NEPTUNE 100 CHAPTER XI.
FLORA IN SEARCH OF A SERVANT, HEARS A REAL GHOST STORY 113 CHAPTER XII.
THE LAST HOURS AT HOME 141 CHAPTER XIII.
THE DEPARTURE 152 CHAPTER XIV.
AN OPEN BOAT AT SEA 163 CHAPTER XV.
ONCE MORE AT HOME 173 CHAPTER XVI.
THE FOG 179 CHAPTER XVII.
THE STEAM BOAT 188 CHAPTER XVIII.
A PEEP INTO THE LADIES' CABIN 196 CHAPTER XIX.
MRS. DALTON 209 CHAPTER XX.
EDINBURGH 219 CHAPTER XXI.
MRS. WADDEL 226 CHAPTER XXII.
CLIMBING THE MOUNTAIN 237 CHAPTER XXIII.
THE BRIG ANNE 247 CHAPTER XXIV.
A VISIT TO THE SHIP OWNER 257 CHAPTER XXV.
FLORA'S DINNER 266 CHAPTER XXVI.
FEARS OF THE CHOLERA DEPARTURE FROM SCOTLAND 273 CHAPTER XXVII.
A NEW SCENE AND STRANGE FACES 285
CHAPTER I. A MATRIMONIAL DIALOGUE.
"Flora, have you forgotten the talk we had about emigration, the morning
before our marriage?" was a question rather suddenly put to his young
wife, by Lieutenant Lyndsay, as he paused in his walk to and fro the
room. The fact is, that he had been pondering over that conversation for
the last hour. It had long been forgotten by his wife; who, seated upon the sofa with a
young infant of three years old in her lap, was calmly watching its
sleeping face with inexpressible delight. She now left off her maternal
studies; and looked up at her husband, with an inquiring glance, "Why do you ask, dear John?" "Are you turned Quaker, Flora, that you cannot give one a direct
answer?" "I have not forgotten it. But we have been so happy ever since, that I
have never given it a second thought. What put it into your head just
now?" "That child and thinking how I could provide for her, in any other
way." "Dear little pet! She cannot add much to our expenses." And the mother
bent over her sleeping child, and kissed its soft, velvet cheek, with a
zest that mothers alone know... Continue reading book >>
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