The Wife of a Vain Man (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from The Wife of a Vain Man The Spring sun shone clear and glorious upon Holmvik, the stately domain belonging to Count Arthur Rubens. Two young girls stood on the balcony, one about nineteen, the other sixteen years of age, and were looking down the avenue. It was plain to perceive that they expected some one. "Admit, Ellen, that it is very strange that they stay so long at church," said Froken Ebba Rubens, the Count´s daughter. "Yes, it is past three o´clock," replied Ellen Kahn, a daughter of Countess Rubens´s friend, Fru Kahn, who at her death had confided the daughter and her property to the care of the Count and Countess. Count Rubens was consequently the young girl´s guardian. "Do you think that anything has happened to them? Perhaps the horses have run away!" exclaimed Ebba, with childish anxiety. "O no, Aunt and Uncle have probably gone up to Lüda. Hark! do you hear? They are coming now!" Ellen´s cheeks glowed when Ebba exclaimed, - "Yes, there they are turning into the avenue, and Evert of Ochard rides beside the carriage." Ebba tripped away light as a bird to meet them; but Ellen remained on the balcony, with her gaze directed toward the advancing carriage, at the left side of which a young man was riding. The roses came and went on her cheeks. Before we go further we ought to describe in a few words our heroine´s appearance. Ellen was tall, with a frame at once slight and yet luxuriant. It might be said that the waist was too small for the full bosom, and the well-rounded shoulders made a strong contrast to the almost humble, swan-like way in which she carried herself. One would have expected this well-developed chest to have a neck supporting the seat of thought with queenly confidence. As it was, the young girl resembled a straight and slender tree, whose rich crown bent beneath the weight of its foliage. When, the look fell on Ellen´s brow, it seemed natural that the neck should not be able to support the full weight of this broad, high, and dreamy forehead that rested so musingly over a pair of large deep blue eyes, - eyes which overspread the whole face with their clear heaven. The nose was fine and slightly arched, the mouth small and seriously closed, but when it sometimes opened with a smile it revealed two rows of snow-white teeth. The complexion was pale, yet it did not have the transparent whiteness that is peculiar to blondes, but seemed firm and soft as velvet. Her hair was dark brown, almost black, rich, smooth, and lustrous. The whole could undeniably receive the name of beautiful, but there was a shadow resting over it which took away the youthful bloom and radiance that is wont to characterize girls of her age. 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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