Following instantly, there came a rush of mingled emotions: of Astoundment that he had recognized no familiar landmark in the midnight faring through the hills or on the approach to the home of his childhood; of something akin to keen regret that the old had given place so thoroughly and completely to the new; of a feeling bordering on chagrin that he had been surprised into accepting the hospitable advances of a woman whom he had been intending to avoid, and for whom he had hitherto cherished-and meant to cherish-a settled aversion.
"The Honorable Senator Sage-Brush"
Francis Lynde
Evan Blount started back, and his exclamation was of pure Astoundment.
"The Honorable Senator Sage-Brush"
Francis Lynde