Read "The Light of Scarthey" by Egerton Castle online for free on Textopian. Full text with search, annotations, highlights, and AI-powered reading aids.
And to his eye There was but one beloved face on earth, And that was shining on him. BYRON.
Upon the threshold she stood, looking in upon him with dark, luminous eyes; round the small wet face tangles of raven hair fell limp and streaming; dark raiments clung to her form, diapered with sand and sea-foam, sodden with the moisture that dripped from them to the floor; under the hem of her skirt one foot peered forth, shoeless in its mud-stained stocking.