Excerpt from A Moment of Madness, Vol. 1 of 3: And Other Stories Dresden china are placed in everybody's way, and a powerful Odour of hot-house flowers pervades the apartment. A double knock sounds at the door, and the Honour able Mrs carnaby-hicks starts from the dose into which she has-fallen, and seiz ing a novel, sits upright, and pretends that she is deep in its contents. But she need not have been so punctilious, for the foot man, throwing open the door, announces her brother, Mr Tresham. Roland enters the room ...
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Excerpt from A Moment of Madness, Vol. 1 of 3: And Other Stories Dresden china are placed in everybody's way, and a powerful Odour of hot-house flowers pervades the apartment. A double knock sounds at the door, and the Honour able Mrs carnaby-hicks starts from the dose into which she has-fallen, and seiz ing a novel, sits upright, and pretends that she is deep in its contents. But she need not have been so punctilious, for the foot man, throwing open the door, announces her brother, Mr Tresham. Roland enters the room, looking fagged, dusty, and out Of sorts, a complete contrast to the dainty adornments of his sister's drawing-room. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... 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.
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