Excerpt from La Belle Marie, Vol. 2 of 2: A Romance I am certain he thought you were in great danger, and I believe he knows these hill-folk better than you do. He is old and feeble, but shrewd enough sometimes; and Doctor Lawrence considered his warning well worth attention. However, now you have bought all these new things, we must make the best of it, and stay awhile where we are. What did your uncle say to your making so many purchases? Did you show him my letter, and tell him that, after all we might soon be driven out of the place? 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.