large/11477/eagles_shadow_1702_librivox_64kb_mp3/eaglesshadow_02_cabell_64kb_157
large/11477/eagles_shadow_1702_librivox_64kb_mp3/eaglesshadow_02_cabell_64kb
English
11477
I think I have said that, owing to the smallness of the house party, luncheon was served in the breakfast room. The dining room at Selwoode is very rarely used, because Margaret declares its size makes a meal there equivalent to eating out of doors. And I must confess that the breakfast room is far cosier. I THINK I HAVE SAID THAT OWING TO THE SMALLNESS OF THE HOUSE PARTY LUNCHEON WAS SERVED IN THE BREAKFAST ROOM THE DINING ROOM ITSELF IT IS VERY RARELY USED BECAUSE MARGARET DECLARES ITS SIZE MAKES A MEAL THERE EQUIVALENT TO EATING OUT OF DOORS AND I MUST CONFESS THAT THE BREAKFAST ROOM IS FAR COSIER
Colonel was eating his luncheon, silently and with a certain air of resignation; and so Billy Woods was left alone to attend and marvel. The ideas they advanced seemed to him, for the most part, sensible. What puzzled him was the uniform gravity which they accorded equally--as it appeared to him--to the discussion of the most pompous platitudes and of the most arrant nonsense. They were always serious; and the general tone of infallibility, Billy thought, could be warranted only by a vast fund of inexperience. But, in the main, they advocated theories he had always held--excellent theories, he considered. And he was seized with an unreasonable desire to repudiate every one of them. For it seemed to him that every one of them was aimed at Margaret's approval. It did not matter to whom a remark was ostensibly addressed--always at its conclusion the speaker glanced more or less openly toward Miss Hugonin. She was the audience to which they zealously played, thought Billy; and he wondered. S AT ONE END OF THE TABLE THE COLONEL WAS EATING HIS LUNCHEON SILENTLY AND WITH A CERTAIN AIR OF RESIGNATION SO BILLY WOODS WAS LEFT ALONE TO ATTEND AND MARVEL THE IDEAS THEY ADVANCED SEEMED TO HIM FOR THE MOST PART SENSIBLE WHAT PUZZLED HIM WAS THE UNIFORM GRAVITY WHICH THEY ACCORDED EQUALLY AS IT APPEARED TO HIM TO THE DISCUSSION OF THE MOST POMPOUS PLATITUDES AND OF THE MOST ARRANT NONSENSE THEY WERE ALWAYS SERIOUS AND THE GENERAL TONE OF INFALLIBILITY BILLY THOUGHT COULD BE WARRANTED ONLY BY A VAST FUND OF INEXPERIENCE BUT IN THE MAIN THEY ADVOCATED THEORIES HE HAD ALWAYS HELD EXCELLENT THEORIES HE CONSIDERED AND HE WAS SEIZED WITH AN UNREASONABLE DESIRE TO REPUDIATE EVERY ONE OF THEM FOR IT SEEMED TO HIM THAT EVERY ONE OF THEM WAS AIMED AT MARGARET'S APPROVAL IT DID NOT MATTER TO WHOM A REMARK WAS OSTENSIBLY ADDRESSED ALWAYS AT ITS CONCLUSION THE SPEAKER GLANCED MORE OR LESS OPENLY TOWARD MISS YGONAN SHE WAS THE AUDIENCE TO WHICH THEY ZEALOUSLY PLAYED THOUGHT BILLY AND HE WONDERED
large/11477/eagles_shadow_1702_librivox_64kb_mp3/eaglesshadow_02_cabell_64kb
file
download/librilight/large/11477/eagles_shadow_1702_librivox_64kb_mp3/eaglesshadow_02_cabell_64kb.flac