Isabel Ostrander

Name: The Island of Intrigue — Chapter 2
Author: Isabel Ostrander

The Island of Intrigue — Chapter 2 (1918)

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“The Island of Intrigue — Chapter 2”, published in 1918, is a work by Isabel Ostrander. It explores elements such as Bijou, Alaric and Lorna.

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Isabel Ostrander, The Island of Intrigue — Chapter 2 (1918)

“ Alaric look reproachful, and then Aunt Julie exclaimed:
"Oh, children, what do you think? Maida remembered my brooch, the very first thing! Think of it, this old pin your dear father gave me so many years ago!"
She said it with quite an air of triumph, and Monsieur Pelissier remarked:
"Memory is a strange thing, is it not? It is—how do you say?—tricky. One can recall without trouble the most trivial, insignificant things, when sometimes important facts have gone from one's mind for always." ”

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Isabel Ostrander, The Island of Intrigue — Chapter 2 (1918)

“ She was quite tall and willowy, with a superb figure, and far prettier than the little Bijou had given promise of being, but the shape of her face hadn't changed any, it was just as doll-like and expressionless as ever, and with her artificiality she reminded me of a mannequin in a smart couturier's. I didn't want to be catty, even in my thoughts, but I was sure her hair was yellower than it used to be when she was a little girl, and no one could help noticing how obviously she was painted and made-up, and, oh, those nails! ”

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Isabel Ostrander, The Island of Intrigue — Chapter 2 (1918)

“ You know the sort of perfume I mean.
"Aunt Julie is worried about Lorna, isn't she?" I remarked, as I took off my hat "I hope nothing has happened."
"It's silly of Mother. Lorna's old enough to take care of herself, I guess," Bijou ran her fingers over my hair lightly. "How lovely and thick your hair has grown!"
I shrank a little way. Bijou's hands were beautiful, slim and soft, and pearly white, but her nails were hideously long and pointed, and polished like glass. ”

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Isabel Ostrander, The Island of Intrigue — Chapter 2 (1918)

“ Lorna shrugged, and dropped into a chair by the piano.
"Who could have unpleasant thoughts on such a perfect night as this?" she murmured, but rather listlessly.
"I have an unpleasant suspicion that I shall be seasick tomorrow," observed Aunt Julie.
"You're always afraid of seasickness, mother, but you know you are never sick," Bijou consoled her lazily. "Besides, tomorrow afternoon we shall reach Hard-a-lee."
Monsieur Pelissier presented us with our glasses, then raised his on high. ”

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Isabel Ostrander, The Island of Intrigue — Chapter 2 (1918)

“ Lorna went below, after she had finished her tea, and Aunt Julie followed her down immediately, while Bijou dropped into the vacant chair beside me.
"The line of skyscrapers is wonderful, isn't it?" I remarked. "Just fancy how it must impress a foreigner when he catches his first glimpse of it, coming up the bay!" ”

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Isabel Ostrander, The Island of Intrigue — Chapter 2 (1918)

“ I'm going up on deck for a breath of air."
He blocked the way, playfully, with outspread arms.
"Not before my wonderful punch!" he coaxed. It will make your headache disappear—poof! like that!—There is magic in it, I assure you, Miss Waring," he went on as he turned again to the bowl. "It banishes all unpleasant thoughts and induces sweet dreams. You shall see!" ”

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Isabel Ostrander, The Island of Intrigue — Chapter 2 (1918)

“ She ran lightly down the companionway, and reappeared presently in a soft immaculate white linen gown.
"It is too bad you couldn't go to Europe with your father, as you had planned," she said, as she sipped her tea. "But his loss is our gain. I'm sure you will love Sunset Island. It must be dismally bleak and windswept in winter, but now it is delightful, and Hard-a-lee is such a quaint old place. ”

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Isabel Ostrander, The Island of Intrigue — Chapter 2 (1918)

“ She shook her head.
"No, you don't seem to have," she replied, rather doubtfully. "Not in looks, anyway. Oh, you're older, of course, but you are just like you were when we were little.—I wonder why mother and Lorna and Raoul don't come up on deck? It's stuffy in the salon."
The piano had been silent since the Coney Island band had drowned it out, and now a low steady murmur of voices came up from below.
Bijou was tapping petulantly on the arm of her chair, with her glittering, pen-pointed nails, and it got on my nerves. ”

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Isabel Ostrander, The Island of Intrigue — Chapter 2 (1918)

“ All but Alaric, who stayed above, smoking. Bijou ground out some ragtime with the player attachment on the piano, to her own evident satisfaction, and Monsieur proposed bridge.
We played until eleven, then Aunt Julie suggested that Monsieur Pelissier mix some famous punch of his own invention. So they brought out the great cut-glass bowl and thin-stemmed glasses. Monsieur Pelissier turned up his cuffs, and said, with the mock air of a professional magician:
"To show you, ladies and gentlemen, that there is no deception——"
"Do be sensible, Raoul!" exclaimed Lorna, impatiently. ”

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