Excerpt from His First Leave The patient very naturally protested at giving these kind ladies any further trouble, and wouldn't hear of Miss Grant so far incommoding herself as to stand up in a swaying carriage to hold his head. But there was that about the little girl which suggested she was accustomed to having her own way: the assistance of Miss Grant was en listed: that lady held his head as in a vice: he held the operator very steady indeed, and in three minutes the piece of coal was displayed to his admiring gaze, reposing on the torn margin of his newspaper. He blew his nose for the last time that journey, and they all three settled into their places feeling very friendly. 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.