Ellen Wood

Name: East Lynne — Chapter 28
Author: Ellen Wood

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“East Lynne — Chapter 28”, published in 1861, is a work by Ellen Wood. It explores elements such as Afy, Richard Hare and Joyce.

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Ellen Wood, East Lynne — Chapter 28 (1861)

“ How long since?"
"I have left—what do you say?" broke off Afy, whose lips were quivering ominously with suppressed passion. "Perhaps you'll condescend to explain. I don't understand."
"When you left here, did you not go after Richard Hare—did you not join him?"
"I'll tell you what it is, Joyce," flashed Afy, her face indignant and her voice passionate, "I have put up with some things from you in my time, but human nature has its limits of endurance, and I won't bear that. I have never set eyes on Richard Hare since that night of horror; I wish I could; I'd help to hang him." ”

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Ellen Wood, East Lynne — Chapter 28 (1861)

“ I'll swear it."
"I tell you, Afy, I believe Thorn to have been the man. You were not present; you cannot know who actually did it."
"Yes, I can, and do know," said Afy, bursting into sobs of hysterical passion. "Thorn was with me when it happened, so it could not have been Thorn. It was that wicked Richard Hare. Sir, have I not said that I'll swear it?"
"Thorn was with you—at the moment of the murder?" repeated Mr. Carlyle.
"Yes, he was," shrieked Afy, nearly beside herself with emotion. "Whoever has been trying to put it off Richard Hare, and on to him, is a wicked, false-hearted wretch. ”

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Ellen Wood, East Lynne — Chapter 28 (1861)

“ Who is mistress here?"
"Miss Carlyle."
"Oh, I might have guessed that. Is she as fierce as ever?"
"There is little alteration in her."
"And there won't be on this side the grave. I say, Joyce, I don't want to encounter her; she might set on at me, like she has done many a time in the old days. Little love was there lost between me and Corny Carlyle. Is Mr. Carlyle at home?"
"He will be home to dinner. I dare say you would like some tea; you shall come and take it with me and Wilson, in the nursery."
"I was thinking you might have the grace to offer me something," cried Afy. ”

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Ellen Wood, East Lynne — Chapter 28 (1861)

“ Joyce could not reconcile her mind to link her own with it.
"Excuse me, Afy, but I cannot take your hand, I cannot welcome you here. What could have induced you to come?"
"If you are going to be upon the high ropes, it seems I might as well have stayed away," was Afy's reply, given in the pert, but good-humored manner she had ever used to Joyce. "My hand won't damage yours. I am not poison."
"You are looked upon in the neighborhood as worse than poison, Afy," returned Joyce, in a tone, not of anger but of sorrow. "Where's Richard Hare?" ”

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Ellen Wood, East Lynne — Chapter 28 (1861)

“ If not a lady, she was attired as one; a flounced dress, and a stylish looking shawl, and a white veil. A very pretty woman, tall and slender was she, and she minced as she walked, and coquetted with her head, and, altogether contrived to show that she had quite as much vanity as brains. She went boldly up to the broad entrance of the house, and boldly rang at it, drawing her white veil over her face as she did so. ”

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Ellen Wood, East Lynne — Chapter 28 (1861)

“ I am sure he had no other," persisted Afy. "He was Lieutenant Thorn, then and he was Captain Thorn, afterward."
"You have seen him since?"
"Once in a way we have met."
"Where is he now?"
"Now! Oh, my goodness, I don't know anything about him now," muttered Afy. "I have not heard of him or seen him for a long while. I think I heard something about his going to India with his regiment."
"What regiment is he in?"
"I'm sure I don't know about that," said Afy. "Is not one regiment the same as another; they are all in the army, aren't they, sir?"
"Afy, I must find this Captain Thorn. ”

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Ellen Wood, East Lynne — Chapter 28 (1861)

“ I shall sleep at the Mount Severn Arms."
"I was not glancing at such a thought, Afy. Come and take your bonnet off."
"Is the nursery full of children?"
"There is only one child in it. Miss Lucy and Master William are with the governess."
Wilson received Afy with lofty condescension, having Richard Hare in her thoughts. But Joyce explained that it was all a misapprehension—that her sister had never been near Richard Hare, but was as indignant against him as they were. ”

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