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Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete
by Edward Bulwer Lytton
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Title: Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete
Author: Edward Bulwer Lytton
Release Date: October 21, 2006 [EBook #9774]
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ALICE;
OR,
THE MYSTERIES
BY
EDWARD BULWER LYTTON (LORD LYTTON)
COMPLETE
BOOK I.
"Thee, hid the bowering vales amidst, I call." --EURIPIDES: Hel. I. 1116.
CHAPTER I.
Who art thou, fair one, who usurp'st the place Of Blanch, the lady of the matchless grace?--LAMB.
IT was towards the evening of a day in early April that two ladies were seated by the open windows of a cottage in Devonshire. The lawn before them was gay with evergreens, relieved by the first few flowers and fresh turf of the reviving spring; and at a distance, through an opening amongst the trees, the sea, blue and tranquil, bounded the view, and contrasted the more confined and home-like features of the scene. It was a spot remote, sequestered, shut out from the business and pleasures of the world; as such it suited the tastes and character of the owner.
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