The Evil Genius - Wilkie Collins - Books -  - 9798705194698 - March 28, 2021
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The Evil Genius

Book Excerpt: ...the moment was: How will she bear the interval of delay which precedes the giving of the verdict?In the popular phrase, Mrs. Westerfield was a showy woman. Her commanding figure was finely robed in dark colors; her profuse light hair hung over her forehead in little clusters of ringlets; her features, firmly but not delicately shaped, were on a large scale. No outward betrayal of the wife's emotion rewarded the public curiosity: her bold light-gray eyes sustained the general gaze without flinching. To the surprise of the women present, she had brought her two young children with her to the trial. The eldest was a pretty little girl of ten years old; the second child (a boy) sat on his mother's knee. It was generally observed that Mrs. Westerfield took no notice of her eldest child. When she whispered a word from time to time, it was always addressed to her son. She fondled him when he grew restless; but she never looked round to see if the girl at her side was as weary of the proceedings as the boy...

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released March 28, 2021
ISBN13 9798705194698
Pages 300
Dimensions 127 × 203 × 16 mm   ·   299 g
Language English  

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