Lanterna Rally

Author: Annie Barnett

Publisher:

Published: 2015-07-26

Total Pages: 470

ISBN-13: 9781331986867

Excerpt from An Anthology of Modern English Prose Monday Morning Yesterday we set out, attended by John, Abraham, Benjamin, and Isaac, in new and fine liveries, in the best carriage, which had been cleaned, lined, and new harnessed, so that it looked like a quite new one; but I had no arms to quarter with my dear lord and masters; though he jocularly, upon my noticing my obscurity, said that he had a good mind to have the olive-branch quartered for mine. I was dressed in the suit of white, flowered with silver, a rich head-dress, and the diamond necklace and earrings I mentioned before; and my dear sir in a fine laced silk waistcoat of blue Paduasoy, and his coat a pearl-coloured fine cloth, with gold buttons and button-holes, and lined with white silk. I said I was too fine, and would have laid aside some of the jewels; but he said it would be thought a slight to me from him, as his wife; and though I apprehended that people might talk as it was, yet he had rather they should say anything than that I was not put upon an equal footing as his wife with any lady he might have married. It seems, the neighbouring gentry had expected us, and there was a great congregation; for (against my wish) we were a little late; so that, as we walked up the church to his seat, we had many gazers and whisperers; but my dear master behaved with so intrepid an air, and was so cheerful and complaisant to me, that he did credit to his kind choice, instead of showing as if he was ashamed of it; and I was resolved to busy my mind entirely with the duties of the day; my intentness on the occasion, and my thankfulness to God for His unspeakable mercies to me, so took up my thoughts I was much less concerned than I should otherwise have been, at the gazings and whisperings of the congregation, whose eyes were all turned to our seat. 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.