Excerpt from Madam Dorrington of the Dene, Vol. 2 of 3: The Story of a Life Grace would sit with her sewing, and ever and anon the old lady would say, suddenly Well, that is very fine now - very fine indeed! And Grace would have to look up to see what the fine thing was - whether it was something in the street, or in the author before her. Then the old lady would add: Ha! If we could but live up to that! Or Really one never hears such smous now-a-days Or she was just as likely to say: Oh! Run, run, niece, directly. See that strange Turk there! What an Odd mortal! What do those outlandish people dress in that tawdry, half-womanish way for? But run, girl, run - there! I knew you'd be too late. He's gone! Perhaps, by the time Grace had regained her seat or before it, the old lady would again cry: Well, that is grander than ever! What an idea! Where did these Old people get such things from i? What things, aunt? Where are they? Would Grace exclaim, running forward, before she perceived that her aunt was lost in a reverie of admiration over her sermons. 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.