A Point of Conscience (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from A Point of Conscience ´Affection lights a brighter flame Than ever blazed by art.´ ´I Really think we may congratulate ourselves about this governess,´ says Lady Maria, leaning back in her chair, and letting her lovely old hands with her knitting, drop into her lap. ´She seems a most excellent creature.´ With Lady Maria most people inferior to herself are ´creatures.´ A ´nice´ creature, or a ´good´ creature, if it happens to be the doctor´s or the curate´s wife, and she approves of her; an ´excellent´ creature, if it be the butler or the governess; whilst a ´worthy´ creature does for the butcher, the baker, and the candlestick-maker. ´She´s very pretty,´ returned Mrs. Verschoyle, a tall, handsome, fashionable-looking woman of about forty, with touch of humour in her clear grey eyes. It is perhaps this touch of humour that has endeared her so strongly to her mother-in-law, with whom she has lived ever since the death of her husband. Lady Maria´s eldest son - a death that took place five years ago, and was so much to these two women of the world that they found it impossible to forget it. ´Oh, pretty!´ says Lady Maria, with a shrug. ´What has prettiness to do with it? Beauty is not necessary in one´s governess. In fact, I always think that sort of person should be born plain. To be distinctly plain, without being actually repulsive, would be so wise of them!´ 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.
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