Reprint of the original, first published in 1881.

Excerpt from Our Little Gipsy, Vol. 3: A Novel In fear and in anguish the young girl had recalled not only young Daubigny's swords, but his looks. She sees again his long-shaped deep blue eyes, their whites all tinged with bloodshot, the unrestrained and eager gaze that he had fixed upon her, and memory tells her that his manner had a freedom, a confidence in it that she feels to be positively humiliating. That bold and eager gaze pursues the girl, she almost shudders at the recollection. She could only find some palliation for his conduct in the belief that he had been drinking. She knew that at a distance of ten miles from Brierly there was a racecourse. She had seen in the county paper that something just now had been coming off there, and she tried to hope that the sinners confident manner, his eager, disrespectful gaze, his crazy jealousy, had arisen from the wretched habit in which he indulged. 'Ah, yes, ' muses the hapless girl, 'he must have been drinking with the men he met with at these races. He might have sat up playing at whist or ecarte all the night before; he might have snatched, as it were, but a hasty mornings doze, then up to commence anew. His brain must surely have been bewildered.' How poor was this consolation, yet it was a consolation. She could bear anything from him rather than deliberate licence - disrespect. How saddening was the thought that by her own inadvertent folly she had furnished St. Amour with the possiblity of misrepresenting her! About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."

Reprint of the original, first published in 1881.

Excerpt from Our Little Gipsy, Vol. 2 of 3: A Novel There were no visible traces remaining of its latest occupant. Yet whenever the girl looked around, the idea of being in his room wounded her delicacy. She determined she would never sleep there again. And the morning came, and she bade Oiseau give her at night another room. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1881.