Books: Balisand*

Mr. Hergesheimer Uncorks the Spirit of 1780

The Story. Lavinia Roderick, light of step and heart, the fairest flower of Henrico County, was coming down to dinner in Todd Hundred, Va. For three days a party had been in progress to celebrate her engagement to Gawin Todd. But of all the company which, assembled in the hall, waited for her to descend, it was for Richard Bale that she wore a yellow rose in her bodiceĀ—for him that she sang, as she came, the dying fall of a sweet air. He, a Bale...

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