Wheel Within Wheel Volume 1

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1861 Excerpt: ...the power, or the will, to use art or subtlety. She remembered, too, that she could have had no right to take exception at his original advice at all., had he chosen to profess belief in the Countess Korinski's innocence; but he had been so perfectly sincere on that head, that she was the less justified in suspecting ... Read More

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1861 Excerpt: ...the power, or the will, to use art or subtlety. She remembered, too, that she could have had no right to take exception at his original advice at all., had he chosen to profess belief in the Countess Korinski's innocence; but he had been so perfectly sincere on that head, that she was the less justified in suspecting him of insincerity on any other. He had, it was true, irritated her that night to the utmost; but he had also given token of more interest--expressed his feelings and opinions more openly--than she had ever yet known him do. The whole was a riddle; and the only matter to be reflected on with satisfaction was, that, albeit she could not, without something like a breach of implied faith, repeat to Isabella what had been said of "her set," there was no such restraint upon letting her know that Langton's opinion of the Countess Korinski (though not exactly expressed in words) was, plainly, much the same as Mrs. Selwyn's. She did not go to bed the sooner for having retired to her own apartment a full hour before Lady Carew's guests departed; for she felt so thoroughly, so painfully awake that she knew it would be vain to attempt seeking repose; and it was not till after she had heard the last carriage roll away under the "Porte Cochere," that she was able to give something like attention to a rather difficult German book she had taken up, in order to force her thoughts into a less unquiet channel than that in which they had been hurried along. Gradually, and not without some effort, she grew able to fix her mind on the words before her, and to exert it so as to catch the full sense of what was written in a language not so familiar to her as Italian or French. This occupation, at last, tired her out sufficiently to render her brai... Read Less