 | English periodicals - 1890 - 562 pages
...he put it to himself, " for her bread ! " It startled him a little to find that he owed Bx>sscraig to that mantua-maker, but he never got over the shock...that the young Gordons, succoured and established by Kirsteen;s bounty, were on her side, and stood by her loyally ; but even Jeanie wavered in her convictions... | |
 | Eleanor Bell, Gavin Miller - Language Arts & Disciplines - 2004 - 292 pages
...the Scotswoman moving out from the private sphere to the public, but Kirsteen remains for her family "a rare and not very welcome visitor in the house she had redeemed" (Oliphant 1984: 341). Her brother returns from India, now a distinguished colonel, and is startled... | |
 | Patricia Zakreski - Business & Economics - 2006 - 234 pages
...work is a lamentable situation, and in order to maintain what he sees as the proper domestic state, 'Kirsteen was a rare and not very welcome visitor in the house she had redeemed' (Kirsteen, p. 341). From Sir Alexander's perspective, Kirsteen, having degraded herself and the family... | |
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Kirsteen was a rare and not very welcome visitor in the house she had redeemed. They all deplored the miserable way of life she had chosen, and that she had no man. 