Betty Zane (1994)
“"Yes, yes, I know you have, Betty. You have done wonderfully well here in this dead place. But tell me, don't be angry, don't you think too much of some one?" "You have no right to ask me that," said Betty, flushing and turning away toward the stairway.
"Well, well, child, don't mind me. I did not mean anything. There, good night, Betty." Long after she had gone up-stairs Col. Zane sat by his fireside. From time to time he sighed. He thought of the old Virginia home and of the smile of his moth...er. It seemed only a few short years since he had promised her that he would take care of the baby sister. How had he kept that promise made when Betty was a little thing bouncing on his knee? It seemed only yesterday. How swift the flight of time! Already Betty was a woman; her sweet, gay girlhood had passed; already a shadow had fallen on her face, the shadow of a secret sorrow.
* March with its blustering winds had departed, and now April's showers and sunshine were gladdening the hearts of the settlers.MoreLess
"Well, well, child, don't mind me. I did not mean anything. There, good night, Betty." Long after she had gone up-stairs Col. Zane sat by his fireside. From time to time he sighed. He thought of the old Virginia home and of the smile of his moth...er. It seemed only a few short years since he had promised her that he would take care of the baby sister. How had he kept that promise made when Betty was a little thing bouncing on his knee? It seemed only yesterday. How swift the flight of time! Already Betty was a woman; her sweet, gay girlhood had passed; already a shadow had fallen on her face, the shadow of a secret sorrow.
* March with its blustering winds had departed, and now April's showers and sunshine were gladdening the hearts of the settlers.MoreLess
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