Excerpt from Memoirs of Thomas Dodd, William Upcott, and George Stubbs Dodd and his comrades dwelt in a loft above the stable; they had nothing to do save eat their meals in the kitchen and attend upon the music-masters twice-a-week. They were nearly subjugated to shift for themselves, but twelve months passed in this manner Then the colonel got rid of his mistress and broke up his establish ment, setting out on a tour through England. Dodd and Carpenter were left with a butcher to be cared for, the other boys with other trades men. Their music lessons were to be kept up, and meanwhile the colonel and his black groom went forth in grand array to seek an heiress. 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.