Excerpt from In Honour Bound, Vol. 1 of 3 The people of Kingshaven, who regarded ten thousand as a handsome fortune, and who considered themselves exceedingly prosperous when their income passed five hundred a-year - a degree of prosperity demanding extra diligence in well-doing (that is, increasing the store), and punctual kirk - attendance - stared at each other in blank amazement as they listened to the reports of the fabulous wealth acquired by Geordie Methven. The. Deceased was still mentioned by the inhabitants of his native place as plain Geordie, sometimes poor Geordie Methven. 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.