His Other Wife: A Novel — page 109: what you’re looking at

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MR. CROFTS WARD. 10% Rachel's long spells of depression and reticence, always attributing them to the ill-health which was only too ap- parent in her, — Faith was instructed to take her old nurse with her to Florida, and to make herself quite happy in her new home, where she would receive regular tidings of her mother. In the fresh young nature of the girl there was a won- ‘derful elasticity and adaptability that rendered it easy for her to accept any changes or chances of life with a grace- ful acquiescence. Therefore, the transition from her hum- ble home and common surroundings caused no serious shock in Faith’s life. The beautiful new home, the at- mosphere of culture and elegance, the regal beauty and patrician air of her guardian’s young wife, which met her in Florida, seemed only the fulfillment of some day-dream born of a fairy legend. When she first lay down to sleep in the lovely primrose chamber, she felt as if it must be only a vision that the morning would dispel. But, as day by day dawned on her healthful slumbers through the roseate mist of filmy draperies, she grew to feel at ease and quite familiar with her changed condition. A governess and music-masters had been employed to take Miss Hilary’s education in hand. Faith’s mental training had been as irregular as her social. Uriel had instructed her in a thousand things that young girls are not expected to understand, but left her deplorably igno- GComichoo <Si (E(0) im