Not George Washington: An Autobiographical Novel
本书摘录:
Part One. Miss Margaret Goodwin‘s Narrative
Part One. Miss Margaret Goodwin‘s Narrative - Chapter 1. James Arrives
_ I am Margaret Goodwin. A week from today I shall be Mrs. James Orlebar Cloyster.
It is just three years since I first met James. We made each other‘s acquaintance at half-past seven on the morning of the 28th of July in the middle of Fermain Bay, about fifty yards from the shore.
Fermain Bay is in Guernsey. My home had been with my mother for many years at St. Martin‘s in that island. There we two lived our uneventful lives until fate brought one whom, when first I set my eyes on him, I knew I loved.
Perhaps it is indiscreet of me to write that down. But what does it matter? It is for no one‘s reading but my own. James, my _fiance_, is _not_ peeping slyly over my shoulder as I write. On the contrary, my door is locked, and James is, I believe, in the smoking-room of his hotel at St. Peter‘s Port.
At that time it had become my habit to begin my day by risi
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