The Truth About Tristrem Varick
The Truth About Tristrem Varick
A Novel
"Our admiration for the perfection of its style, the brilliancy of its expressions, and the exquisite art with which the story has been handled, is unbounded."—Lippincott's Magazine."The plot is admirable, style exquisite; as a piece of art the style demands unstinted commendation."—St. John's (N. B.) Progress."A very surprising but fascinating love-story."—Amsterdam Democrat.
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as "elegant" and "chaste." On returning to New York, Tristrem naturally found the door of the house in Gramercy Park wide open, and it came about that it was in that house that his wavering patriotism was riveted.
This event, after the fashion of extraordinary occurrences, happened in a commonplace manner. One Sunday evening he was bidden there to dine. He had broken bread in the house many times before, but the bread breaking had been informal. On this particular occasion, however, other guests had been invited, and Tristrem was given to understand that he would meet some agreeable people.
When he entered the drawing-room, he discovered that of the guests of the evening he was the first to arrive. Even Weldon was not visible; but Mrs. Weldon was, and, as Tristrem entered, she rose from a straight-backed chair in which she had been seated, and greeted him with a smile which she had copied from a chromo.
Mrs. Weldon was exceedingly pretty. She was probably twenty-two or twenty-three years
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