The Golden Key, Or, Mysteries Beyond the Veil

General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1871 Original Publisher: Northwestern Pub. Co. Subjects: Fiction / General Fiction / Classics Fiction / Historical Fiction / Literary Fiction / Short Stories Literary Criticism / General Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos 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 II. MIDNIGHT AND SUNSHINE. "there is a fit representation of midnight and sunshine. What could Mrs. Bradwell have been thinking of when she selected such a governess for Daisy? Her personal appearance is enough to make her repulsive to an ordinary child, and little Daisy is so spiritual, so ethereal, and so sensitive, I do not see how she can exist in the heavy atmosphere of sadness that surrounds Mrs. Loomis, as she calls herself. Look at them now as they approach us; Daisy is five years old this summer, the embodiment of beauty and grace. You, I see, admire her profusion of beautiful golden-brown curls that fall around her sweet face and snowy shoulders. To me her chief beauty is not in her bright hair, her broad smooth brow, her sweet mouth, but in those large, clear, wonderful eyes -- eyes that always seem to be looking into the world beyond the veil. Sometimes I have really thought the child could see the angels that I am sure do surround her. She will not be here long; I never see her without saying to myself, 'Little Daisy, go home and live with the angels.'. She is too good for this earth, and if she were Mrs. Bradwell's own child, I am sure she would not have been placed under the influence of such a woman." At this moment the governess and child approached the ladies. Mrs. Loomis was clad in the same black garb, her face entirely concealed by the heavy folds of her veil; her step was slow but firm,...