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Internationaler Buchtitel. In englischer Sprache. Verlag: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 138 Seiten, L=152mm, B=229mm, H=8mm, Gew.=213gr, Kartoniert/Broschiert, Klappentext: Purchase of t… Plus…

Internationaler Buchtitel. In englischer Sprache. Verlag: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 138 Seiten, L=152mm, B=229mm, H=8mm, Gew.=213gr, Kartoniert/Broschiert, Klappentext: Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III. " Katheuine," said a portly, middle-aged lady, raising her eyes from a novel she was reading, as a handsome, stately-looking girl entered the richly furnished drawing-room where she was sitting, " why are you not dressed for tin: ball? You Know Lady Harriet told you she should call very early." " I atn not going, mamma. My head aches, and I have just sent round a note to save my cousin the trouble of coming for me." " What absolute nonsense, Kate! I don't believe one word about this headache. It issome ridiculous whim you have got hold of since dinner. You know I particularly wished you to appear at the ball to-night, and went to the -expense of having those emeralds reset on purpose for you." " I am sorry, mamma, to disappoint you; but I could not foresee this headache, nor would it be possible for me to dance with it. Is that novel worth reading ?" " I don't know"?(in an angry tone)?" you really put me out of all patience. As if I could not see through it, though, goodness knows, I would be blind if I could to the disgraceful fact that Katherine Wilmot, with a fortune of five thousand a-year, and a hundred other advantages that would secure her one of the best matches in England, is dying of love for a penniless young man, who does not care a single straw for her." Katherine's flushed cheek and curling lip attested to the effect of these words; but shesat down quietly, arranging the ample folds a her dress with considerable care, and vouchsafed no reply. Mrs. Wilmot, becoming more and more angryr continued? " You flatter yourself that he will come in to-night; but so you have thought for the last four evenings, and we know that he has been at least a week in town, from his mother's letter." " Which mentioned, also," said Katherine, with p...<