Wood had the
advantage of her husband in point of years, being on the sunny side of forty,—a
period pronounced by competent judges to be the most fascinating, and, at the
same time, most critical epoch of woman's existence,—whereas, he was on the
shady side of fifty,—a term of life not generally conceived to have any special
recommendation in female eyes. The practice has been
common for thousands of years. Every old country church is beautiful, but Willesden is the most beautiful
country church we know; and in Mrs. ‘Have no fear,’ he uttered soothingly, reaching out to pat her free hand. ‘I should never have told you. “You are beautiful, Lucy. "Weep on, reprobate," cried the carpenter, a little softened. Mrs. Wood, was much better furnished
with eatables than might have been expected, and boasted a loaf, a knuckle of
ham, a meat-pie, and a flask of wine. "
He paused, and not without malice. "Thank you, Mrs. On the other hand, you seldom revere your immediate grandfather,
unless he has promised to leave you some money. The evil in his eyes towards her was explosive. Her figure, though slight, had all the fulness of health; and her
complexion—still pale, but without its former sickly cast,—contrasted agreeably,
by its extreme fairness, with the dark brows and darker lashes that shaded eyes
which, if they had lost some of their original brilliancy, had gained infinitely
more in the soft and chastened lustre that replaced it. 150
“Homely.
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