After the storm. And they were reconciled. The clouds rolled back; the sun came out again with his radiant smiles and genial warmth. But was nothing broken? nothing lost? Did each flower in the garden of love lift its head … Read the rest
Category: After the Storm
After the Storm – Chapter IX
For such a reception the young wife was wholly unprepared. Suddenly her husband had put on a new character and assumed a right of control against which her sensitive pride and native love of freedom arose in strong rebellion. That … Read the rest
After the Storm – Chapter VIII
We will not speak of the cause that led to this serious rupture between Mr. and Mrs. Emerson. It was light as vanity–an airy nothing in itself–a spark that would have gone out on a baby’s cheek without leaving a … Read the rest
After the Storm – Chapter XVII
One evening–it was nearly three years from the date of their marriage–Hartley Emerson and his wife were sitting opposite to each other at the centre-table, in the evening. She had a book in her hand and he held a newspaper … Read the rest
After the Storm – Chapter XVI
Time moved on, and Mrs. Emerson’s intimate city friends were those to whom she had been introduced, directly or indirectly, through Mrs. Talbot. Of these, the one who had most influence over her was Mrs. Lloyd, and that influence was … Read the rest
After the Storm – Chapter XV
But it is not so easily escaping from a woman like Mrs. Talbot, when an acquaintanceship is once formed. In less than a week she called again, and this time in company with another lady, a Mrs. Lloyd, whom she … Read the rest
After the Storm – Chapter XIV
Mrs. Emerson did not feel altogether comfortable in mind as she rode away from her door alone. She was going unattended by her husband, and against his warmly-spoken remonstrance, to pass an evening with people of whom she knew but … Read the rest
After the Storm – Chapter XXVIII
After the storm! How long the treasure remained buried in deep waters! How long the earth showed unsightly furrows and barren places! For nearly twenty years there had been warm sunshine, and no failure of the dews nor the early … Read the rest
After the Storm – Chapter XXVII
It was more than a week before Mr. Emerson called again upon the lady friend who had shown so strong a desire to procure him a wife. He expected her to introduce the name of Mrs. Eager, and came prepared … Read the rest
After the Storm – Chapter XXVI
The brief meeting with Mrs. Everet had stirred the memory of old times in the heart of Mr. Emerson. With a vividness unknown for years, Ivy Cliff and the sweetness of many life-passages there came back to him, and set … Read the rest