Excerpt from At Fault, Vol. 1 of 3: A Novel Borough to his esteemed friend, Dr. Ingleby, he had acquired for himself a pleasant villa about a mile outside the town, with about a hundred acres Of grass and pleasaunce around it, and was as leading and prosperous a man as any in Baumborough. The building Of this theatre, which now occupied his restless mind, was another of those local improvements which he so persistently floated, and which had in no little measure made him. His fellow-towns men appreciated the public gardens, mechanics' institute, &c., all Of which were in great mea sure brought about by his unwearied agitation, and which he took good care should more or less contribute to his advantage. A warm man, and a good sort, and likes a bit Of sport, said that large country side of which Baum borough was the market town, and the popular solicitor so far endorsed the latter laudation as to be ever open to the Offer of a day's shooting or coursing, and to generally put in an appear. 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.