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Анна Радклиф. The Romance of the Forest, interspersed with some pieces of poetry
The Romance of the Forest, interspersed with some pieces of poetry
Table of Contents
THE. ROMANCE OF THE FOREST
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V. A SURPRISE—AN ADVENTURE—A. MYSTERY
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
TO. THE MEMORY OF CLARA LA LUC, THIS URN. IS ERECTED ON THE SPOT WHICH SHE. LOVED, IN TESTIMONY OF. THE AFFECTION OF. A HUSBAND
CHAPTER XIX
CHAPTER XXI
CHAPTER XXIII
CHAPTER XXIV
CHAPTER XXV
CHAPTER XXVI
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Ann Ward Radcliffe
Published by Good Press, 2021
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Well, then, master, to be short, for that's the nearest way after all, I wandered a long while at random, I did not know where, all through a forest like this, and I took special care to note how the trees stood, that I might find my way back. At last I came to another path, and was sure I should find something now, though I had found nothing before, for I could not be mistaken twice; so, peeping between the trees, I spied a cottage, and I gave my horse a lash that sounded through the forest, and I was at the door in a minute. They told me there was a town about half a league off, and bade me follow the track and it would bring me there,—so it did; and my horse, I believe, smelt the corn in the manger by the rate he went at. I inquired for a wheel-wright, and was told there was but one in the place, and he could not be found. I waited and waited, for I knew it was in vain to think of returning without doing my business. The man at last came home from the country, and I told him how long I had waited; for, says I, I knew it was in vain to return without my business.
Do be less tedious, said La Motte, if it is in thy nature.
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