[Kate Danton, or, Captain Danton’s Daughters by May Agnes Fleming]@TWC D-Link bookKate Danton, or, Captain Danton’s Daughters CHAPTER I 11/20
"What does this mysterious gentleman look like, Eeny ?" "Very tall," said Eeny, "and very stately, with brown hair, and beard and mustache--a splendid mustache, Grace! and beautiful, bright brown eyes, something like yours.
Very good-looking, very polite, and with the smile of an angel.
There you have him." "I am as much at a loss as ever," said Grace, leaving the dining-room. "This is destined to be an evening of arrivals I think." She ran upstairs for the second time, and opened the parlour door.
A gentleman before the fire, in the seat Eeny had vacated, arose at her entrance.
Grace stood still an instant, doubt, amaze, delight, alternately in her face; then with a cry of "Frank!" she sprang forward, and was caught in the tall stranger's arms. "I thought you would recognize me in spite of the whiskers," said the stranger.
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