| My Lady's Money Contributor(s): Collins, Wilkie (Author), Wilkie Collins (Author), 1stworld Library (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1421847787 ISBN-13: 9781421847788 Publisher: 1st World Library - Literary Society OUR PRICE: $25.60 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2007 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.89 lbs) 212 pages |
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| Publisher Description: OLD Lady Lydiard sat meditating by the fireside, with three letters lying open on her lap. Time had discolored the paper, and had turned the ink to a brownish hue. The letters were all addressed to the same person-"THE RT. HON. LORD LYDIARD"-and were all signed in the same way-"Your affectionate cousin, James Tollmidge." Judged by these specimens of his correspon-dence, Mr. Tollmidge must have possessed one great merit as a letter-writer-the merit of brevity. He will weary nobody's patience, if he is allowed to have a hearing. Let him, therefore, be permitted, in his own high-flown way, to speak for himself. First Letter.-"My statement, as your Lordship requests, shall be short and to the point. I was doing very well as a portrait-painter in the country; and I had a wife and children to consider. Under the circumstances, if I had been left to decide for myself, I should certainly have waited until I had saved a little money before I ventured on the serious expense of taking a house and studio at the west end of London. Your Lordship, I positively declare, encouraged me to try the experiment without waiting. |