Richard Arbour or the Family Scapegrace Author:James Payn General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1861 Original Publisher: Edmonston and Douglas Subjects: Fiction / General Fiction / Classics Fiction / Historical Fiction / Literary Juvenile Fiction / Classics Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be ty... more »pos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER THE SIXTH. FALSELY ACCUSED. The next day being Sunday, was passed, by Maria's directions, in total silence as regarded the events of the preceding evening. It was to be "a day of rest for all" observed that young lady with an air of charity ; and it was occupied by herself and faction in contriving severities applicable to Master Richard's case upon the morrow. To Dick it was rather a day of suspense than rest, which are not identical things by any means; and to his mother, it was twenty-four long hours of agony. This lady had obtained Uncle Ingram's protection for her offspring at a considerable sacrifice. She had never had much of that female peculiarity popularly, or unpopu- larly, known as " a will of her own," for the deceased Benjamin had given way to all her gentle wishes in small concerns, while in important matters the two always lovingly agreed; and now, finding herself crossed and denied upon all occasions under the new dynasty, she had for many years ceased to express her feelings in public, and only now and then lightened her breaking heart to Maggie, who slept in the same chamber. Shehad taken Kichard's hand in hers under her shawl at church that day, feeling safe from reproof within that sacred building, and mother and child had thus interchanged all sorts of affectionate thoughts together, merely by the pressure of their fmgers. Maria had regarded them with lofty scorn, and on one occasion even contemplated the rappin...« less