Author(s): J Masterman
Format: Paperback
No. of Pages: 368
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Language: English
Date Published: 2018-09-10
Dimensions: 152 x 229 x 19mm
Publication City/Country: United States
Edition:
Illustrations: , black & white illustrations

Excerpt from A Devoted Couple: A Novel When the noonday heat held them prostrate under the mocking breezes Of a punka; and when the hot, airless night prevented sleep; when the vastness and stillness Of the jungles were nearly as unbearable as the sultrier cantonments; when the rainy season brought gloom and mouldiness to the ill-built bungalow when the English mail was late, and their souls were sick with dread of bad news and when death struck down some friend at their side - at such times the thought of going home was their only comfort, the panacea for all vexations and sorrows, as if the mere return to Eng land would see the end Of all troubles. Yet now, when the return was an accomplished fact, doubts and fears came thick and fast, even as the summer wind blew over their sensitive frames with almost too cold a freshness. The Shores of the New Forest, the great armed plateau of Hurst Castle, the Needles, like huge blocks of ivory, and the green topped, brilliant-colored strata of Alum Bay, like Joseph's coat of many colors, were presently claiming the delighted notice of the voyagers, who excitedly hurried from side to side, recalling to each other some well-remembered point. Was ever scene more delightful - the cloudless blue of the sky, the sparkling water as blue as the sky, the many boats of all sorts and sizes moving here and there, the houses sheltering amid the wooded clifis, the gladness of vigorous life on all around, the nearness of all dearest to them in the land becoming every instant nearer. All through their future lives would it not rise again and again before them as a picture full of mercy and blessing, overflowing with the gracious loving kindness which had brought them safely to the haven where they would be? A little apart from the crowd of excited men and women who stood together gayly laughing and talking were a husband and wife and two little boys. One child was held by the father, one by the mother, elevated on a big coil of rope, to bring their gaze well over the bulwarks. The little fellows were noticing everything with childish eagerness, impatiently asking, as the boats came and went, if the brothers they had never seen were aboard one of them, and imagining each steamer as it neared them must be bringing 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.