Eve Effingham Author:James Fenimore Cooper Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: a dwelling regards a valuable house-dog. After a few moments of conversation, the two withdrew together; and just as the ladies were about to descend to the draw... more »ing-room previously to dining, Pierre announced to them that a plate had been ordered for the land-agent. chapter{Section 4CHAPTER II. " I know that Deformed ; he has been a vile thief this seven year; he goes up and down like a gentleman." Much Ado About Nothing. Eve and her cousin found Sir George Tem- plemore and Captain Truck in the drawing- room, the former having lingered in New York with a desire to be near his friends, and the latter being on the point of sailing for Europe in his regular turn. To these must be added Mr. Bragg, and the ordinary inmates of the house, when the reader will have a view of the whole party. Aristobulus had never before sat down to so brilliant a table, and for the first time in his life he saw candles lighted at dinner; but he was not a man to be disconcerted at a novelty. Had he been a European of theSame origin and habits, he would have been betrayed by awkwardness fifty times before the dessert made its appearance; but being the man he was, an observer, overlooking a certain prurient politeness that rather illustrated his deportment, might very well have permitted him to pass among the nameless crowd of the world, had it not been for a certain remarkable management in his way of providing for himself at the table. It is true, that he invited those near him to eat of everything he could reach, but he used his knife as a coalheaver uses a shovel; the company he was in, however, though fastidious in its own deportment, was altogether above silver forkisms ; and this portion of his demeanour, if it did not escape undetected, passed away unnoticed. Not so, however, the pecul...« less