Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, December 1878

CHAPTER XLVIII ENGAGEMENTS--HOSTILE AND OTHERWISE.

The fairest season of the year, the debatable ground between spring and summer, had come round once more. There were leaves on the trees and flowers in the grass. The sunshine was golden and full, not like the bleak brightness of March. The winds were warm, the showers soft. Percival, always keenly affected by such influences, felt ...