One Man in His Time
One Man in His Time
The story of Gideon Vetch, plebian governor of Virginia and representative of the new order of progress as opposed to the conservative aristocratic tendencies manifest in Stephen Culpeper, his daughter's suitor. an interesting though slow moving novel with many excellent characterizations and much thoughtful study of the complicated reactions--psychological, political and social--of the old order to the new.
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ng forward and bent over her, she rose quickly to
her knees and held out what he thought at first was some queer small
muff of feathers.
"Please hold this pigeon," she said, "I saw it this afternoon, and I came out to look for it. Somebody has broken its wings."
"If you came out to walk on ice," he replied with a smile, "why, in Heaven's name, didn't you wear skates or rubbers?"
She gave a short little laugh which was entirely without merriment. "I don't skate, and I never wear rubbers."
He glanced down at her feet in candid disapproval. "Then you mustn't be surprised if you get a sprained ankle."
"I am not surprised," she retorted calmly. "Nothing surprises me. Only my ankle isn't sprained. I am just getting my breath."
She had rested her knee on a bench, and she looked up at him now with bright, enigmatical eyes. "You don't mind waiting a moment, do you?" she asked. To his secret resentment she appeared to be deliberately appraising either his abilities or his attractions--he wasn't sure w
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