The Trial
The Trial
MORE LINKS OF THE DAISY CHAIN
by Charlotte M. Yonge
CHAPTER I
Quand on veut dessecher un marais, on ne fait pas voter les grenouilles. --Mme. EMILE. DE GIRADIN
'Richard? That's right! Here's a tea-cup waiting for you,' as the almost thirty-year-old Incumbent of Cocksmoor, still looking like a young deacon, entered the room with his quiet step, and silent greeting to its four inmates. 'Thank you, Ethel. Is papa gone out?' 'I have not seen him since dinner-tim ...