Behind a Mask: or, a Woman's Power

By: Alcott, Louisa May

as she come?""No, Mamma, not yet.""I wish it were well over. The thought of it worries and excites me. A cushion for my back, Bella."And poor, peevish Mrs. Coventry sank into an easy chair with a nervous sigh and the air of a martyr, while her pretty daughter hovered about her with affectionate solicitude."Who are they talking of, Lucia?" asked the languid young man lounging on a couch near his cousin, who bent over her tapestry work with a happy smile on her usually haughty face."The new governess, Miss Muir. Shall I tell you about her?""No, thank you. I have an inveterate aversion to the whole tribe. I've often thanked heaven that I had but one sister, and she a spoiled child, so that I have escaped the infliction of a governess so long.""How will you bear it now?" asked Lucia."Leave the house while she is in it.""No, you won't. You're too lazy, Gerald," called out a younger and more energetic man, from the recess where he stood teasing his dogs."I'll give her a three days' trial; if she proves endurable I shall not disturb myself; if, as I am sure, she is a bore, I'm off anywhere, anywhere out of her way.""I beg you won't talk in that depressing manner, boys. I dread the coming

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B086P9BJWB
• ISBN13: 9798634768519
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.0" x 8.0"