The Light of Her Countenance (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Light of Her Countenance Julian Burroughs was reclining in a leather-covered easy-chair between a richly draped window and an.oaken writing-table of elaborate workmanship. A drowsy wood-fire, breaking fitfully into flame, was burning between a pair of artfully twisted brass andirons. It filled the room with its ruddy glow and glistened on the many ornaments, but did not dispel the twilight. Julian was weary-unutterably weary. He would have sworn, if it had not required too much of an exertion. His whole anatomy seemed to have collapsed, and his handsome face scarcely had the energy to retain any sort of definable expression. The comers of his mouth twitched now and then, and his half-closed eyes wandered among the luxurious appointments of the room with'a look of languid disgust He drew a long breath that half resembled a sigh, and slowly shook his head. Painful recollections emerged from his memory and made him shudder. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.