Identifier: underfalsecolour00doud (find matches)
Title: Under false colours
Year: 1889 (1880s)
Authors: Doudney, Sarah, 1843-1926 Kilburne, G. G
Subjects: Children's stories, English
Publisher: New York, Scribner and Welford
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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who had been but a languid spectatorup to that moment, became so absorbed in the scene pre-sented to his gaze that one or two persons spoke to himwithout getting any reply. What he saw was the tall graceful figure of a younggirl, her quaint white satin gown outlined against a darkbackground. A wreath of myrtle crowned her rich brownhair; she wore a ruff round her throat, and a cluster oforange-blossoms at her bosom. Close behind her stooda vast chest of old, carved oak, with open lid. One handrested lightly on the edge of the chest; the other wasraised, as if she were listening. The beautiful head wasthrown slightly back, and the face was lit up with a sweetgirlish playfulness that no one ever forgot. Long after-wards that face lived in the memories of those who sawit that night; it was so fresh, so pure, and so divinelyfair. Arnold did not hear a single word that old GeneralBulstrode was saying, close to his ear. He had eyes andthoughts only for that white-robed figure ; and all the
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498 CHERRY PERFORMS THE TABLEAU OF THE OLD OAK CHEST. TF PC:, R ARNOLDS DEPRESSION. 125 horror and sadness of her story took possession of himthere and then. It almost seemed as if he were notArnold de Wilton at all, but that ill-fated young Lovellwho had lost this bright girl-bride. When the curtain fell he drew a deep breath of relief.Thank heaven all the fooling was over, and he should seeher presently in a modern ball gown, and secure her forthe first dance ! The men all round him were talking ofher beauty; old Bulstrode was looking at him with aquietly observant glance; he must talk, and be the sameas usual. But it cost him an effort to rouse himself, andshake off the depression which the tableau had produced,and even Sir Henry noticed that his frank, cheery mannerwas wanting. You have had a heavy day, Arnold, he said, in anundertone. Great nuisance a birthday; sorry I wasobliged to have one. Oh, we have got through it very well; Arnoldanswered indifferently. Every one is pretty

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