[Sally Dows and Other Stories by Bret Harte]@TWC D-Link bookSally Dows and Other Stories CHAPTER II 20/29
"No.
There was a sort of French cousin who used to be a good deal to the fore, don't you know? But I rather fancy he didn't come here to look after the PROPERTY," returned Champney with a quick laugh.
"I think the aunt must have written to his friends, for they 'called him off,' and I don't think Miss Sally broke her heart about him.
She's not that sort of girl--eh? She could have her pick of the State if she went in for that sort of thing--eh ?" Although this was exactly what Courtland was thinking, it pleased him to answer in a distrait sort of fashion, "Certainly, I should think so," and to relapse into an apparently business abstraction. "I think I won't go in," continued Champney as they neared the house again.
"I suppose you'll have something more to say to Miss Dows.
<<Back Index Next>> D-Link book Top TWC mobile books
|