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A Cathedral Courtship
Kate Douglas Wiggin
A Cathedral Courtship
Kate Douglas Wiggin
Excerpt was worse than pretty! I made a memorandum of her during service, as she sat under the dark carved-oak canopy, with this Latin inscription over her head: Carlton cum Dolby Letania IX Solidorum Super Flumina Confitebor tibi Duc probati There ought to be a law against a woman's making a picture of herself, unless she is willing to allow an artist to 'fix her' properly in his gallery of types. A black-and-white sketch doesn't give any definite idea of this charmer's charms, but sometime I'll fill it in--hair, sweet little hat, gown, and eyes, all in golden brown, a cape of tawny sable slipping off her arm, a knot of yellow primroses in her girdle, carved-oak background, and the afternoon sun coming through a stained-glass window. Great Jove! She had a most curious effect on me, that girl! I can't explain it--very curious, altogether new, and rather pleasant. When one of the choir-boys sang 'Oh for the wings of a dove!' a tear rolled out of one of her lovely eyes and down her smooth brown che
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | February 25, 2017 |
ISBN13 | 9781544101613 |
Publishers | Createspace Independent Publishing Platf |
Pages | 40 |
Dimensions | 127 × 203 × 2 mm · 49 g |
Language | English |
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