Excerpt from Gibbeted Gods It was, then, the desire to get the best of her fellow pupils, as well as the wish to please Miss Seymour, that had sustained Charlotte in her winter's work. She had studied hard, and, with the advantage of an unusual intelligence, had soon outstripped the others in real understanding of her subject. She had a brain and knew how to use it. She was able, more over, to express herself in most extraordinary terms - terms, it must be admitted, more continental then orthodox. Her career in the little Sunday-school had been of a meteoric brilliance, and no one appreciated that fact any more than did Charlotte herself. It was of her triumphs, then, Charlotte was thinking as her eyes studied appreciatively Miss Seymour's fine profile. She was grateful to Miss Seymour for her pleasant experiences; she was grateful also to Mr. Paisley, the rector. It was odd that Mr. Paisley should have taken it into his head to call and suggest her joining the Sunday-school. Yet how fortunate; for the winter would have been a lonely one, otherwise, with her mother and Philip and Cousin Hendy all in Monte Carlo! She did n't mind Philip's being away, but she had missed Paddy and Hendy so. At this point in her reflections Charlotte noticed that Miss Seymour sighed and closed her eyes. So Charlotte moved a little, sighed, and closed izar eyes. Peace and quiet; the music lost in the subdued hush of twilight shadows! Again she felt strangely sad and tremulous and wished vaguely that Hendy were there with her. She imagined Hendy would like church, too. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.