Bret Harte

Name: Condensed Novels — Handsome is as Handsome Does. By Ch—s R—de
Author: Bret Harte

Condensed Novels — Handsome is as Handsome Does… (1867)

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“Condensed Novels — Handsome is as Handsome Does. By Ch—s R—de”, published in 1867, is a work by Bret Harte. It explores elements such as Lady Caroline, balloon and amber.

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Bret Harte, Condensed Novels — Handsome is as Handsome Does… (1867)

“ A quick flush crossed the olive cheek of Thérèse, which Lady Caroline afterward remembered.
The eventful day of trial came. The public were gathered, impatient and scornful as the pig-headed public are apt to be. In the open area a long cylindrical balloon, in shape like a Bologna sausage, swayed above the machine, from which, like some enormous bird caught in a net, it tried to free itself. A heavy rope held it fast to the ground. ”

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Bret Harte, Condensed Novels — Handsome is as Handsome Does… (1867)

“ Faraday was plain-looking and sceptical.
"Handsome is as handsome does, sweetheart," pleaded Jael, interceding for the orphan with arms that were still beautiful. "Dear knows, it is not his fault if he does not look like—his father," she added with a great gulp. Jael was a woman, and vindicated her womanhood by never entirely forgiving a former rival. ”

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Bret Harte, Condensed Novels — Handsome is as Handsome Does… (1867)

“ He analyzed the London fog, and found it two parts smoke, one disease, one unmentionable abominations. He published a pamphlet, which was violently attacked. Then he knew he had done something.
But he had not forgotten Caroline. He was walking one day in the Zoological Gardens and he came upon a pretty picture,—flesh and blood too.
Lady Caroline feeding buns to the bears! An exquisite thrill passed through his veins. She turned her sweet face and their eyes met. They recollected their first meeting seven years before, but it was his turn to be shy and timid. Wonderful power of age and sex! ”

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Bret Harte, Condensed Novels — Handsome is as Handsome Does… (1867)

“ Little looked up and turned pale. The balloon, at what I shall call the pointed end of the Bologna sausage, was evidently bursting from increased pressure. The gas was escaping, and already they were beginning to descend. Little was resigned but firm,
"If the silk gives way, then we are lost. Unfortunately I have no rope nor material for binding it."
The woman's instinct had arrived at the same conclusion sooner than the man's reason. But she was hesitating over a detail.
"Will you go down the rope for a moment?" she said, with a sweet smile. ”

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Bret Harte, Condensed Novels — Handsome is as Handsome Does… (1867)

“ Lady Caroline, with a divine smile on her face, feeding the monkeys!
CHAPTER VI. Encouraged by love, Little worked hard upon his new flying-machine. His labors were lightened by talking of the beloved one with her French maid Thérèse, whom he had discreetly bribed. Mademoiselle Thérèse was venal, like all her class, but in this instance I fear she was not bribed by British gold. Strange as it may seem to the British mind, it was British genius, British eloquence, British thought, that brought her to the feet of this young savan. ”

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Bret Harte, Condensed Novels — Handsome is as Handsome Does… (1867)

“ A report like a pistol, a cry from the spectators, a thousand hands stretched to grasp the parted rope, and the balloon darted upward.
Only one hand of that thousand caught the rope,—Little's! But in the same instant the horror-stricken spectators saw him whirled from his feet and borne upward, still clinging to the rope, into space.
CHAPTER VII. [1] Lady Caroline fainted. The cold watery nose of her dog on her cheek brought her to herself. She dared not look over the edge of the car; she dared not look up to the bellying monster above her, bearing her to death. ”

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Bret Harte, Condensed Novels — Handsome is as Handsome Does… (1867)

“ Lady Caroline, blushing, gathered her slim but antique drapery against the other end of the car.
CHAPTER X. They were slowly descending. Presently Lady Caroline distinguished the outlines of Raby Hall. "I think I will get out here," she said.
Little anchored the balloon and prepared to follow her.
"Not so, my friend," she said, with an arch smile. "We must not be seen together. People might talk. Farewell."
Little sprang again into the balloon and sped away to America. ”

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