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Nancy Huston Banks. Oldfield: A Kentucky Tale of the Last Century
Oldfield: A Kentucky Tale of the Last Century
Table of Contents
OLDFIELD
I
THE LITTLE SISTERS
II
THE OLDFIELD PEOPLE
III
PHASES OF VILLAGE LIFE
IV
THE CHILD OF MISS JUDY'S HEART
V
AN UNCONSCIOUS PHILOSOPHER
VI
LYNN GORDON
VII
THE DOCTOR'S DILEMMA
VIII
AT OLD LADY GORDON'S
IX
A ROMANTIC REGION
X
RELIGION IN OLDFIELD
XI
BODY OR SOUL
XII
MISS JUDY'S LITTLE WAYS
XIII
THE DANCING LESSON
XIV
MAKING PEACE
XV
SIDNEY DOES HER DUTY
XVI
THE SHOCK AND THE FRIGHT
XVII
LOVE'S AWAKENING
XVIII
AN EMBARRASSING ACCIDENT
XIX
INVOKING THE LAW
XX
THE CONFLICT BETWEEN FAITH AND LOVE
XXI
WHAT OLDFIELD THOUGHT AND SAID
XXII
THE UPAS TREE
XXIII
THE BEGINNING OF THE END
XXIV
OLD LADY GORDON'S ANGER
XXV
THE REVELATION OF THE TRUTH
XXVI
THE TRAGEDY
XXVII
THE LAST ARTFULNESS OF MISS JUDY
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Nancy Huston Banks
Published by Good Press, 2021
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It was really a pity that no one except Miss Sophia saw or heard those lessons—which must have been so well worth seeing and hearing. Miss Judy and Doris were both so entirely in earnest in all that they were doing. Both were so thoroughly convinced that the things being taught and learned were precisely the things which a young gentlewoman should know. Yet nobody but poor Miss Sophia, who was asleep most of the time, ever had so much as a glimpse of all that was constantly going on in this forming of a young lady of quality. It was another part of Miss Judy's theory of manners that everything concerning a gentlewoman, young or old, must be strictly private. When, therefore, it came to such delicate matters as walking and courtesying—as a young lady of quality should walk and courtesy—not even Miss Sophia was permitted to be present. Miss Judy took Doris into the darkened parlor and raised the shades only a cautious inch or two, so that, while they could see to move about, no living eye might behold the charming scene which was taking place. And there in this dim light, the dainty old lady and the graceful young girl would take delicate steps and make wonderful courtesies—grave as grave could be—all up and down, and up and down that sad old room.
Let nobody think, however, that Miss Judy thought only of accomplishments, while she was thus throwing her whole heart and mind and soul into the rearing and the training of this child of her spirit. The substantial branches of education were not neglected. Miss Judy tried untiringly to help Doris in gaining a store of really useful knowledge. She did not know so well how to go about this as she did about the music and the courtesy. She knew little if any more of the hard prosaic side of the world than Doris herself knew—which was nothing at all. But she had a few good old books. Her father had been a true lover of the best in literature, and her mother had been as fond of sentiment in fiction as in real life. These books, thick, stubby old volumes bound in leather, gathered by them, were Miss Judy's greatest pride and delight. She therefore led Doris to them in due time, impressing her with proper reverence, and thus the girl became in a measure acquainted with a very few of the few really great in letters, and learned to know them as they may be known to an old lady and a young girl who have never had a glimpse of the world.
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