Excerpt from Oberon Spell, Vol. 2 of 3: A Novel To attempt this with any chance of success would, he knew, require no little skill and quiet perse verance. It was, he thought, peculiarly a feminine task and persuaded Of this, while he gave Ernestine to understand that he had not deserted her cause, he won over Lady Wheatley to his side, and to her transferred the conception and management Of some scheme which would carry out his intentions. It was with no little difficulty, 'tis true, he effected his wife's conversion to his own views 5 but when he put the case, as in fact it presented itself to his mind, in the light of any device which would not involve their daughter's marriage with Oberon Spell, the lady felt bound to submit, however strong the Opposition of a natural family pride to meddling in such an inferior business. A stratagem quickly suggested itself to her invention. It would be a mere attempt. It might fail, but when all had been done in earnestness and affection to gratify their child's wishes, she trusted a healthy change would take place in Ernestine's feelings, and. That She would bring her mind and heart to endure what seemed the inevitable decree of Providence. The baronet cordially joined in his wife's aspirations, and left the matter entirely to her management. 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.