Excerpt from Dick's Wandering, Vol. 1 of 3 Without an oath, who would not stick through thick and thin to his own flesh and blood. In Mr Kirby himself the family blood was of the reddest, and the family flesh bountiful and firm. Too luxurious a diet was not good for him and so it may be said that the second cause of his con tentment on this April evening was the care which he had taken of himself since the end of last year's session. He had been living in the bosom of his family, taking regular exercise, avoiding political discussion where there was any possibility of irritating contradiction, eating less than usual, and counteracting his moderate cups with frequent bumpers of Vichy water. He was like a giant refreshed; and he had brought his vigorous digestion to a most comfortable old English country-house, where the cook was above criticism. More over, the lady of the house, his cousin, mother of the heir (and this may be reck. 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.