Excerpt from Life the Accuser: A Novel in Two Parts The other branch of the clan from which Mrs. Armstrong had sprung was of a much more genteel standing. Mrs. Armstrong in marrying her hus band had not changed her name; she was his second wife, and the step-mother of his four chil dren, Edward and Gilbert, Eliza and Sylvia. She came from the master branch of the Armstrongs, from the class of the owners of cotton-mills instead of the workers therein. The nature of the cleav age in the original clan leading to this marked division was lost in history: the story of how old Mr. Armstrong bridged the chasm from the oper ative to the master was a secret locked in his own breast, and not fully known even to his wife. 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.