The Pride of Jennico

The Pride of Jennico
Being a Memoir of Captain Basil Jennico

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The Pride of Jennico by Agnes Castle, Egerton Castle

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1898

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191

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The Pride of Jennico
Being a Memoir of Captain Basil Jennico

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5
(2 Reviews)
The story of an English aristocrat who inherits a princedom in Moravia and finds an unexpected romance as part of the bargain!"What separates it from most books of its class is its distinction of manner, its unusual grace of diction, its delicacy of touch, and the fervent charm of its love passages. It is a very attractive piece of romantic fiction relying for its effect upon character rather than incident, and upon vivid dramatic presentation."--The Dial. "A stirring, brilliant and dashing story."--The Outlook.

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re not, as I have said, to be hidden from Feldmarschall Edmund von Jennico. I believe the news hastened his dissolution. Repeated fits of anger are pernicious to gouty veterans of explosive temper. It was barely three weeks after the arrival of the tidings of my brother having taken the oaths and his seat in the House of Lords that I was summoned by a messenger, hot foot, from the little frontier town where I was quartered with my squadron, to attend my great-uncle's death-bed It was a sixteen-hours' ride through the snow. I reached this frowning old stronghouse late at night, hastened by a reminder at each relay ready prepared for me; hastened by the servants stationed at the gate; hastened on the stairs, at his very door, the door of this room. I found him sitting in his armchair, almost a corpse already, fully conscious, grimly triumphant.

"Thou shalt have it all," was the first thing he whispered to me as I knelt by his side. His voice was so low that I had to bend my ear to his mouth.

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