 | Edmund Yates, Walter Sichel, Ernest Belfort Bax - 1879 - 780 pagina’s
...in a spirit of meekness such a blow. Stephen hated the girl. As he grew older, and became, through his own wastefulness, entirely dependent on his brother,...first he accepted Anthony's statement. The girl was Lis child ; his wife was dead : no use asking any more questions. There was nothing left but to sulk.... | |
 | 1879 - 616 pagina’s
...in a spirit of meekness such a blow. Stephen hated the girl. As he grew older, and became, through his own wastefulness, entirely dependent on his brother,...which could have got at the facts, would consider his Ufe as so good as his brother's, although there were eight years between them. At first he accepted... | |
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As he grew older, and became, througli his own wastefulness, entirely dependent on his brother, he hated her more and more, daily saying to himself that if it had not been for her he would have been the heir. Yet he might have known that no insurance... 