The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night
SUPPLEMENTAL NIGHTS To The Book Of The Thousand And One Nights With Notes Anthropological And Explanatory By Richard F. Burton VOLUME FOUR Privately Printed By The Burton Club To William H. Chandler, Esq,. Pembroke College, Oxford. My Dear Mr. Chandler, As without your friendly and generous aid this volume could
"No," she said; and then, in a flash of sympathy and fright, Anna
remembered that it had been for some little Berkshire town that Will
Hayter had built a library and museum just before his death, six years
before--the town from which his family had originally come. Her memory
worked rapidly, constructing the story. The blood dyed her face at the
thought of her obtuseness. Then she set her lips firmly. She had done
her best; if a wanton fate chose to interfere now and make Millicent
slave to the phantom of her early, radiant love, she, Anna, could do
no more!
"Here we are, I guess," called Brockton. The machine shot into a broad
street. A promenade between a double row of elms down its centre gave
it a spacious dignity. The modest courthouse stood on one side, as
green-bowered as if Justice were a smiling goddess; a few churches
broke the stretch of houses. And on the other side the library and
museum stood.
"Pretty little building, but plain," commented Brockton, making
disparaging note of its graceful severity.
"It's exactly suited to the place; it epitomizes its spirit," said
Anna, glibly. "It's austere without being forbidding--perfect Colonial
adaptation of the Greek."
Millicent made no architectural observation. Instead she said: "If you
SUPPLEMENTAL NIGHTS To The Book Of The Thousand And One Nights With Notes Anthropological And Explanatory By Richard F. Burton VOLUME FOUR Privately Printed By The Burton Club To William H. Chandler, Esq,. Pembroke College, Oxford. My Dear Mr. Chandler, As without your friendly and generous aid this volume could