#eBook The only girl at Overlook by Franklin Fyles

“A storm was coming to Overlook unperceived, for the men were too much engrossed in what lay there on the ground, ghastly and horrible, to pay any attention to the clouding sky.”

Two names were used for the only girl at Overlook. In addressing her, the men of the place always said “Miss Warriner.” In mentioning her, they often said “Mary Mite.”

The reason for this distinctive difference was revealed by the sight of Miss Mary Warriner herself, as she sat on a high stool behind a rude desk, under a roughly-boarded shelter, and with rapid fingers clicked the key of a telegraphic instrument.

There was a perfect poise of quiet self-possession which would have been very impressive dignity in an older and bigger person, and which, although here limited by eighteen years and one hundred pounds, still made a demand for respectful treatment.
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First Edition 1891
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