A night editor at a New York paper escapes to the country to avoid a nervous breakdown. Providence lands him in the middle of a loving Quaker family in time to save them from being roasted by a lightning strike. Then what could be more natural than falling in love with a girl already engaged to someone else? Truly, it was a Day of Fate for him. "Some shallow story of deep love." -Shakespeare (LikeManyWaters)
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I'll see if you get a DPL soon. If not, I'll do it, but I felt a bit stressed with the pace you set on your other solo (since I'm also DPL'ing other projects that with the March cleanup are coming in faster than usual), so I won't put myself in right away.
Okay I've noted that you don't mind extra suggestions regarding PL'ing. So far your reading has been great so no extra PL needed at all. Just a side comment that I'm glad there was some dialog in the text I was wondering if it was going to be all narration...
I've PL'ed chapter 4 and there are a few glitches you might want to redo
At 8:17 you might choose to check the pronunciation of “ideality” in “ I have not yet seen a trace of ideality in her mind.
Also occurs at 17:27 in “Has she not developed among scenes that should ennoble her nature, and enrich her mind with ideality? There is Oriental simplicity and largeness…”
at 15:17 missing line in “"You are delightfully frank.""Yes, I usually say what I think." "And do as you please," I added. "Certainly. Why shouldn't I when I can? Don't you?"
I kept getting interrupted today.