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The History of the Lady Betty Stair

By Molly Elliot Seawell

2022-05-12 23:59:56

Excerpt.....Now, Lady Betty held in her hand a large green fan, and when Bastien thought he was about to gain a kiss, she raised the fan, and, bringing it down on his nose with all the strength in her strong young arm, gave him such a whack that he w ... Read more

Excerpt.....Now, Lady Betty held in her hand a large green fan, and when Bastien thought he was about to gain a kiss, she raised the fan, and, bringing it down on his nose with all the strength in her strong young arm, gave him such a whack that he was, in a minute, as bloody as a butcher, and wore court-plaster for a week.

Lady Betty, having done this timely act of justice, immediately fled, blushing with the fierceness of insulted maidenhood, while Bastien stood still and cursed her and her green fan. Being a highly accomplished liar, however, he invented a romance of a baker’s wife having assaulted him while he was trying, later in the morning, to keep her out of the Queen’s bedroom; and he really made a very comical story out of it—only, there was not a word of truth in it.....

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File size1120.293 KB
Print pages170
PublisherPublic Domain Books
LanguageEnglish
ISBN978-1330489963
Molly Elliot Seawell (October 23, 1860 – November 15, 1916), was an American historian and writer. Her father, John Tyler Seawell, a prominent lawyer and orator, was pivotal at influencing her lear...

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