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Bostonians, Vol. II (of II), by Henry James
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Title: The Bostonians, Vol. II (of II)
Author: Henry James
Release Date: November 5, 2006 [EBook #19718]
Language: English
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THE BOSTONIANS
A NOVEL
BY HENRY JAMES
IN TWO VOLUMES
VOL. II
MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED ST. MARTIN'S STREET, LONDON 1921
First published in 1886
BOOK SECOND (Continued)
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A little more than an hour after this he stood in the parlour of Doctor Tarrant's suburban residence, in Monadnoc Place. He had induced a juvenile maid-servant, by an appeal somewhat impassioned, to let the ladies know that he was there; and she had returned, after a long absence, to say that Miss Tarrant would come down to him in a little while. He possessed himself, according to his wont, of the nearest book (it lay on the table, with an old magazine and a little japanned tray containing Tarrant's professional cards--his denomination as a mesmeric healer), and spent ten minutes in turning it over. It was a biography of Mrs. Ada T. P. Foat, the celebrated trance-lecturer,