1
/
of
1
Leila's Books
THE WISER FOLLY
THE WISER FOLLY
Regular price
$1.00 USD
Regular price
Sale price
$1.00 USD
Shipping calculated at checkout.
Quantity
Couldn't load pickup availability
Scanned, proofed and corrected from the original edition for your reading pleasure. It is also searchable and contains hyper-links to chapters.
***
Contents:
Prologue
Concerning the Village of Malford
A Rumour
A Meeting
A Black and White Goat
Mural Paintings
Mrs. Trimwell
Flights of Fancy
An Old Priest
An Old-Time Tragedy
Corin Theorizes
In an Old Church
The Wickedness of Molly Biddulph
At Delancey Castle
A Point of View
John Plays the Samaritan
Corin Discourses on Karma
A Rare Absurdity
In Father Maloney's Garden
A Bewitching
A Vital Question
A Request
The Wonderful Woman
The Cache
David Dines at the Castle
John Makes a Discovery
A Funny World
The Old Oak
On the Terrace
An Unexpected Letter
Elizabeth Arrives on the Scene
In the Early Morning
The Note of a Bell
The Green Man
Elizabeth Gives Advice
The Burden of Conventionality
Conspirators
Corin Takes a Walk
Concerning an Argument
A Dumb Dog
Speaks
At Some Length
A Question of Importance
Molly Arranges Affairs
An Odd Sensation
The Oak Falls
Told in the Storm
After the Rain
In Search
The Fallen Oak
A Miracle
And so the Story Ends
***
An excerpt from the:
PROLOGUE
WHEN the Delancey affair had been brought to a conclusion, it was not uninteresting to note the various opinions set forth regarding its happy termination.
Biddy, at once autocrat and indulger of at least three generations of juvenile Delanceys, maintained, and stoutly, it was entirely due to her own prayers to her patron saint. She took, so to speak, a monopoly of the business as far as any human agency was concerned. But, as one cannot, with any degree of modesty, parade one's private devotions to the world at large, it was hardly probable that this view of the matter would be universal.
The village in general, with the exception of Mrs. Trimwell, laid the whole credit at the feet of Lady Mary Delancey. Doubtless this was on account of the wave of relief which had surged over it, and which exalted her ladyship, for the time being at least, to a pinnacle of almost giddy height.
Mrs. Trimwell had her own private views on the matter. What they were, will, no doubt, be realized later.
Corin Elmore believed the whole thing due to karma, though it is true that this particular arrangement of karma puzzled him not a little.
John Mortimer, while maintaining on the whole a strictly neutral attitude, allowed his opinion of the credit due to sway slightly, if it swayed at all, in the direction of his sister Elizabeth. And in so doing, he swayed nearer the mark, if you will believe me, than the majority of folk with opinions on the subject.
***
Contents:
Prologue
Concerning the Village of Malford
A Rumour
A Meeting
A Black and White Goat
Mural Paintings
Mrs. Trimwell
Flights of Fancy
An Old Priest
An Old-Time Tragedy
Corin Theorizes
In an Old Church
The Wickedness of Molly Biddulph
At Delancey Castle
A Point of View
John Plays the Samaritan
Corin Discourses on Karma
A Rare Absurdity
In Father Maloney's Garden
A Bewitching
A Vital Question
A Request
The Wonderful Woman
The Cache
David Dines at the Castle
John Makes a Discovery
A Funny World
The Old Oak
On the Terrace
An Unexpected Letter
Elizabeth Arrives on the Scene
In the Early Morning
The Note of a Bell
The Green Man
Elizabeth Gives Advice
The Burden of Conventionality
Conspirators
Corin Takes a Walk
Concerning an Argument
A Dumb Dog
Speaks
At Some Length
A Question of Importance
Molly Arranges Affairs
An Odd Sensation
The Oak Falls
Told in the Storm
After the Rain
In Search
The Fallen Oak
A Miracle
And so the Story Ends
***
An excerpt from the:
PROLOGUE
WHEN the Delancey affair had been brought to a conclusion, it was not uninteresting to note the various opinions set forth regarding its happy termination.
Biddy, at once autocrat and indulger of at least three generations of juvenile Delanceys, maintained, and stoutly, it was entirely due to her own prayers to her patron saint. She took, so to speak, a monopoly of the business as far as any human agency was concerned. But, as one cannot, with any degree of modesty, parade one's private devotions to the world at large, it was hardly probable that this view of the matter would be universal.
The village in general, with the exception of Mrs. Trimwell, laid the whole credit at the feet of Lady Mary Delancey. Doubtless this was on account of the wave of relief which had surged over it, and which exalted her ladyship, for the time being at least, to a pinnacle of almost giddy height.
Mrs. Trimwell had her own private views on the matter. What they were, will, no doubt, be realized later.
Corin Elmore believed the whole thing due to karma, though it is true that this particular arrangement of karma puzzled him not a little.
John Mortimer, while maintaining on the whole a strictly neutral attitude, allowed his opinion of the credit due to sway slightly, if it swayed at all, in the direction of his sister Elizabeth. And in so doing, he swayed nearer the mark, if you will believe me, than the majority of folk with opinions on the subject.
Share
