A LITTLE WORLD. CHAPTER I. DISAPPOINTMENT. FIVE minutes after, his brain in a whirl from the reaction that had taken place, when— wound up to expect some great, horror-he had found nothing but that which was trifling and absurd, Sir Francis Redgrave was seated in the Frenchman's room; for he had turned sick and faint, and brandy had been procured for him, Patty eagerly bringing forward glass and water, for Janet seemed completely unnerved, and had sunk down on a low seat with her face in her hands, as if stunned. "You look young, and good, and pureminded," said the old man, feebly, as he looked fixedly in Patty's fair young face, as she gazed sympathisingly in his countenance. VOL. III. A |