Excerpt from Christmas at Thompson Hall Brown, when he married her, had been relieved from the necessity of earning his bread. Never theless, she had at once yielded to him when he expressed a desire to spend the winters of their life in the South Of France and he, though he was by disposition somewhat idle, and but little prone to the energetic occupations of life, would generally allow himself, at other periods Of the year, to be carried hither and thither by her, whose more robust nature de lighted in the excitement Of travelling. But on this occasion there had been a little difference between them. 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.