The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 24
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Excerpt from The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 24: A Magazine of Literature, Science, Art, and Politics A bit of village, - we can hardly call it a street; at best, the mere fag-end of a street; six houses and a church spire in sight, - one of the houses, brick. This is by no means the whole of Johnsonville, for the greater number of its dwellings lie in a neighboring hollow, clustered industriously beside the mill-dam over the Wampoosue, or loafing, as it were, at the two ends of the wooden bridge, or straggling, like picnickers, down the course of the black streamlet. But as these are all hidden from us by trees, and are, moreover, of not the least consequence to our story, we will not invade their sequestered insignificance. A young man, and also, of course, a young woman, demand our instant attention. "Your uncle´s appearance quite interests me," says Mr. Adrian Underhill. "Is n´t there something, - I don´t quite know how to express myself, - something rather remarkable about him?" "I don´t perceive that there is, except his appetite for wives; he is just finishing his third." To think of a girl of nineteen, and a blond, blue-eyed girl at that, making such a speech! But in Miss Marian Turner´s auburn there was a slightly disquieting dash of red, and about the corners of her rosy mouth there was a flexible twist which reminded one of the snapper of a whip-lash. Furthermore, she carried herself upright, in a knightly manner, always ready for joust; she had a quick, positive step, as if she knew to the ends of her little bootees what she wanted; and there was a look in her eyes which declared, "I always mean more than I say." Clearly, if she had not seen life, she had guessed more than enough of it. "Is that speaking light-mindedly of uncles?" she added. "I don´t remember that it is anywhere commanded to be reverential towards them. Well, I must n´t perplex you. Don´t mention my queerness to any one." "Of course not," answered Mr. Underhill, meanwhile studying her with profound attention. 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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